JDK-6225595 : Czech keyboard doesn't work well on Linux
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: linux
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2005-02-04
  • Updated: 2011-01-19
  • Resolved: 2005-06-07
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JDK 6
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Description
Regression: NO
Package: J2SE, JRE
Version: mustang
Locale: cs_CZ

Description:
  The Czech keyboard doesn't work well in Java applications on Linux.  Key '5' should write char \u0159 (r caron) and Shift+5 should write \u0035 (five). But the Shift+5 doesn't write nothing in Java applications. The same problem 
have Shift+2, Shift+3, ... Shift+6. The key 2-6 without shift works well. Other keys works well too.
  
  Shift+2 ... Shift+6 are standard way to insert chars 2...6 on Czech keyboard.

Configurations:
  RHAS3.0, Debian and Gentoo linux distributions

Test Suite(s):  Notepad.jar

Reproduce Step(s): 
  - install the OS and java
  - switch language and keyboard to Czech
  - run 'java -jar Notepad.jar'
  - press Shift+5 (Shift and '5' on alphanumeric keyboard together) 
    -> insert nothing to java application 
    (try the key on gnome-terminal for example ...)

Reproducible in previous releases(s)? 
  yes, 1.4.2, 1.5.0
###@###.### 2005-2-04 14:18:25 GMT

Comments
EVALUATION The bug doesn't occur on XFree86 4.3.0.1 and occur X Window System Version 6.8.0. ###@###.### 2005-2-09 09:49:39 GMT I have this bug reproduced on RHAS 2.1 only. SuSE 9.2 with Xorg 6.8.1 works well and also SuSE 9.1. Of all platforms listed we should spent time on RHAS 3.0 only for obvious commercial reason. Unfortunately I have no RHAS 3.0 machine available at the moment. ###@###.### 2005-2-09 12:41:20 GMT I presume that with fix to 4360364 this bug is eliminated for good, with Czech locale or just Czech keyboard layout. ###@###.### 2005-05-30 11:10:06 GMT
09-02-2005

WORK AROUND Users can insert the numbers through numeric keyboard. But it is not ordinary way! ###@###.### 2005-2-04 14:18:26 GMT
04-02-2005