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[Oliver Breuer <585564@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have the same problem (pressing the "up" key starts the screenshot
utility) when using gnome-session inside Xephyr (I'm using Xephyr for
multiseat configuration).

Keyboard Layout: Germany - eliminate dead keys

Xephyr command-line:
Xephyr :5 -ac -screen 1280x1024 -mouse evdev,,device=/dev/input/by-id/usb-04d9_0499-event-mouse -keybd evdev,,device=/dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_Logitech_USB_Keyboard-event-kbd,xkbrules=xorg,xkbmodel=evdev,xkblayout=de,xkbvariant=nodeadkeys,xkboptions="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps" -dpi 100 &

When using the icewm window manager in Xephyr, all keys are ok
(including the arrow keys). The bug seems to be somehow related to one
component used in the gnome environment.

With the following procedure I sometimes the arrow keys to work with gnome-session:
1. start Xephyr (using second keyboard/mouse than the main X-server). No window manager or other program is started yet in Xephyr.
2. Press the up-key several times on the second keyboard (used by Xephyr)
3. wait some seconds (5 to 10)
4. start gnome-session in Xephyr
--> up-key works normally

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Xephyr keyboard layout broken
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585564
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