Not able to set quick spell under Linux
Not able to set quick spell under Linux
HI BW,
Thanks for the Linux version. On my Ubuntu 10.4 64Bits, I had not any issue to run it either windowed or fullscreen with sound, excellent speed and everything.
Just the Licence Code could not be pasted on this version and I am pretty sure I had pasted it on the Windows version.
There is one thing that does not work and it may be linked to my french keyboard, there is no way I can preset quick spell on the Linux version.
Whether with Shift (numbers are upper case letters on a French keyboard) or without it does not recognize them. And the numeric keypad is seen as direction arrows with or without the NumLock on...
I think I remember I had also this issue in book I and the only way had been to force an english keyboard mapping before running the game...
Any ideas ?
Thanks for the Linux version. On my Ubuntu 10.4 64Bits, I had not any issue to run it either windowed or fullscreen with sound, excellent speed and everything.
Just the Licence Code could not be pasted on this version and I am pretty sure I had pasted it on the Windows version.
There is one thing that does not work and it may be linked to my french keyboard, there is no way I can preset quick spell on the Linux version.
Whether with Shift (numbers are upper case letters on a French keyboard) or without it does not recognize them. And the numeric keypad is seen as direction arrows with or without the NumLock on...
I think I remember I had also this issue in book I and the only way had been to force an english keyboard mapping before running the game...
Any ideas ?
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Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
even after adding a new keyboard and forcing Eschalon to run with the USA layout, I cannot get the quickspell to work.
BW, would it be possible to a functionnality in the right applet that list the preset spells that would set the spell to the current selected spell when clicking on the number ?
It would solve this issue and also IMHO be a very convenient way to set/unset preset spells.
What do you think ?
Cheers
BW, would it be possible to a functionnality in the right applet that list the preset spells that would set the spell to the current selected spell when clicking on the number ?
It would solve this issue and also IMHO be a very convenient way to set/unset preset spells.
What do you think ?
Cheers
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Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
Looking into this.
Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
I have the same problem here with my french keyboard.
I run the game under a Ubuntu 10.4 up to date.
There is no reaction when I press a number key on the keyboard or the keypad.
On the french layout, you must press "shift + &" to get a "1".
Pressing the key with or without the shift modifier does not change anything.
I had this problem with book 1, I hope that you can fix it.
Yours,
Guillaume.
I run the game under a Ubuntu 10.4 up to date.
There is no reaction when I press a number key on the keyboard or the keypad.
On the french layout, you must press "shift + &" to get a "1".
Pressing the key with or without the shift modifier does not change anything.
I had this problem with book 1, I hope that you can fix it.
Yours,
Guillaume.
Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
I have the same problem. Modifying the keyboard layout doesn't work either. This is quite annoying when playing with a magic user, constantly clicking my way throught the spell book.
I understand this issue has been reported a long time ago and is still not fixed. I hope it will.
A really annoying issue in an otherwise very enjoyable game.
I understand this issue has been reported a long time ago and is still not fixed. I hope it will.
A really annoying issue in an otherwise very enjoyable game.
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Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
If you're willing to spend some time gathering information about the problem, I can probably figure out a work-around for you. I don't know if it will help BW to develop an official fix or not.
First, open a terminal and type "xinput --list". Under "Virtual core keyboard," look for the entry that looks most like a "real" keyboard. For me, the output looks like this:
My real keyboard is "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard." Note the "id" number, which is 9 in my case.
Still in the terminal, run "xinput --test <id number>". Press the numbers 1 through 0 one at a time. You should see output like below. If not, you may have picked the wrong keyboard device - try again until you do. When you're done, press CTRL-C. Paste the output in a reply.
Still in the terminal, run "xkbcomp $DISPLAY keymap.txt". Then attach the keymap.txt file to your reply.
One more thing and then you're done. Still in the terminal, run "xev > xev.txt". A white window will appear. Select it, then then type the numbers 1 through 0. When you're done, select the terminal window again and press CTRL-C. Then attack the xev.txt file to your reply.
First, open a terminal and type "xinput --list". Under "Virtual core keyboard," look for the entry that looks most like a "real" keyboard. For me, the output looks like this:
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⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HP WMI hotkeys id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
Still in the terminal, run "xinput --test <id number>". Press the numbers 1 through 0 one at a time. You should see output like below. If not, you may have picked the wrong keyboard device - try again until you do. When you're done, press CTRL-C. Paste the output in a reply.
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key release 36
key press 10
1key release 10
key press 11
2key release 11
key press 12 3
key release 12
key press 13
4key release 13
key press 14 5
key release 14
6key press 15
key release 15
key press 16
7key release 16
key press 17
8key release 17
9key press 18
key release 18
key press 19
0key release 19
key press 37
key press 54
One more thing and then you're done. Still in the terminal, run "xev > xev.txt". A white window will appear. Select it, then then type the numbers 1 through 0. When you're done, select the terminal window again and press CTRL-C. Then attack the xev.txt file to your reply.
Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
Thank for your help SpottedShroom.
I used id=11.
note : I have 4 keyboard layouts on my system. The keyboard is 'natively' azerty. I used group1 "France - Alternative" to conduct the tests.
note : .txt extension is not allowed on this bulletin board. I targz-ed the 2 files in keymap_xev.tar.gz.
SpottedShroom wrote: First, open a terminal and type "xinput --list". Under "Virtual core keyboard," look for the entry that looks most like a "real" keyboard. For me, the output looks like this:
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$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB2.0 UVC 1.3M WebCam id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Asus Laptop extra buttons id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
Still in the terminal, run "xinput --test <id number>". Press the numbers 1 through 0 one at a time. You should see output like below. If not, you may have picked the wrong keyboard device - try again until you do. When you're done, press CTRL-C. Paste the output in a reply.
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$ xinput --test 11
key release 36
key press 10
&key release 10
key press 11
ékey release 11
key press 12
"key release 12
key press 13
'key release 13
key press 14
(key release 14
key press 15
-key release 15
key press 16
èkey release 16
key press 17
_key release 17
key press 18
çkey release 18
key press 19
àkey release 19
key press 37
key press 54
see attached file : keymap.txtStill in the terminal, run "xkbcomp $DISPLAY keymap.txt". Then attach the keymap.txt file to your reply.
note : I have 4 keyboard layouts on my system. The keyboard is 'natively' azerty. I used group1 "France - Alternative" to conduct the tests.
see attached file : xev.txtOne more thing and then you're done. Still in the terminal, run "xev > xev.txt". A white window will appear. Select it, then then type the numbers 1 through 0. When you're done, select the terminal window again and press CTRL-C. Then attack the xev.txt file to your reply.
note : .txt extension is not allowed on this bulletin board. I targz-ed the 2 files in keymap_xev.tar.gz.
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Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
Thanks! I did some digging, and here's what I've got.
I can reproduce your problem pretty simply just by switching to the French keyboard layout. In that case, you type numbers with shift plus the keys in the positions where 1 through 0 are on an English/US keyboard. As you observed, though, Eschalon doesn't seem to register the numbers when they're typed with shift.
Since I was able to reproduce the problem by changing my keyboard layout, I suspect that you can work around it by changing yours. Disclaimer: this is my personal advice, and not in any way recommended by Basilisk Games. I don't think it'll mess up your keyboard configuration, but it might. If it does, get angry at me, not at Basilisk Games. Try running "setxkbmap us" before running Eschalon and see if that helps. To get back to your existing layout, do
Of course, someone above said they tried changing keyboard layouts without success. If that happens for you, we may need to do some more debugging.
For BW, if you're interested in trying to debug this issue, I'd suggest running the setxkbmap commands above in the opposite order. Maybe try the program at the top of this page to try to observe the problem: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/pos ... opic=90115. I'd do it myself, but there currently isn't a Linux demo of BlitzMax available.
I can reproduce your problem pretty simply just by switching to the French keyboard layout. In that case, you type numbers with shift plus the keys in the positions where 1 through 0 are on an English/US keyboard. As you observed, though, Eschalon doesn't seem to register the numbers when they're typed with shift.
Since I was able to reproduce the problem by changing my keyboard layout, I suspect that you can work around it by changing yours. Disclaimer: this is my personal advice, and not in any way recommended by Basilisk Games. I don't think it'll mess up your keyboard configuration, but it might. If it does, get angry at me, not at Basilisk Games. Try running "setxkbmap us" before running Eschalon and see if that helps. To get back to your existing layout, do
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setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout "fr(oss),us,fr(bepo),fr" -option grp:shift_caps_toggle -keycodes "evdev+aliases(azerty)"
For BW, if you're interested in trying to debug this issue, I'd suggest running the setxkbmap commands above in the opposite order. Maybe try the program at the top of this page to try to observe the problem: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/pos ... opic=90115. I'd do it myself, but there currently isn't a Linux demo of BlitzMax available.
Re: Not able to set quick spell under Linux
And it works like a charm !SpottedShroom wrote:Try running "setxkbmap us" before running Eschalon and see if that helps. To get back to your existing layout, doCode: Select all
setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout "fr(oss),us,fr(bepo),fr" -option grp:shift_caps_toggle -keycodes "evdev+aliases(azerty)"
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$ setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+fr(oss):2+fr(bepo):3+fr:4+inet(evdev)+group(shift_caps_toggle)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};
As I understand, without any change the keyboard is seen by the system as a 'true' azerty. Just changing the layout doesn't do anything.Of course, someone above said they tried changing keyboard layouts without success. If that happens for you, we may need to do some more debugging.
With your workaround, the keyboard is seen as a qwerty, and in Gnome I can add any other layout that I want.
Thank you for your help, SpottedShroom ! Now I can blast my foes away without too much clicking .
No keyboards were harmed during those operations.
And happy new year !
ps : if I can help to debug / test a real patch. Feel free to ask.