Save state hotkeys not functioning on vba-m-gtk-svn1030

DullOnion · Post by **DullOnion** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:21 pm

I'm using the Arch Linux AUR package from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16851

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Up until a day ago they worked fine, but after a system update Shift + F1-F10 doesn't register with vba-m. Pressing F1-F10 to load a save state works fine, as does saving the state manually from the menu.

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The packages I updated just prior to this issue were mpfr, xf86-input-evdev, xf86-input-keyboard, xf86-input-mouse, xf86-input-synaptics, xf86-video-intel, farsight2, fceux, glade, and virtualbox. Removing or reinstalling any of these packages does not resolve the issue. Reinstalling vba-m does not resolve the issue either. Saving states does not work in vanilla VBA. Shift+F1 works in every other program.

Squall Leonhart · Post by **Squall Leonhart** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:33 pm

This is not our problem, take it up with the distro.

cmays90 · Post by **cmays90** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:20 am

I am using a completely different distro (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS), and I have the same issue.

hasufell · Post by **hasufell** » Mon May 28, 2012 7:45 pm

This is not our problem, take it up with the distro.

same on gentoo

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whos problem is it then if not yours?

Squall Leonhart · Post by **Squall Leonhart** » Tue May 29, 2012 3:35 am

the idiot who broke the linux libraries.

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vba-m isn't the only one affected.

hasufell · Post by **hasufell** » Tue May 29, 2012 7:09 am

link to upstream bug of that library?

Squall Leonhart · Post by **Squall Leonhart** » Tue May 29, 2012 8:53 am

maybe related

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https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1015593#p1015593

hasufell · Post by **hasufell** » Tue May 29, 2012 10:40 am

Right, but we can't include a (random) fork of evdev in main repositories. That is pretty much against most policies and not sane to expose the user to testing that.

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Telling users to report this downstream is the wrong way to go, because this issue is distribution agnostic.

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Why not just use a different method for saving states?

Otherwise plz care to report this bug to freedesktop.org cause it's affecting your code/software.

Squall Leonhart · Post by **Squall Leonhart** » Tue May 29, 2012 12:43 pm

You could just NOT go out on a tandem and break previously working functionality that more than quite a few applications have used for ever with no issues previously.

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VBA doesn't get updated anymore so theres not gunna be a fix there, nor is epsxe expected to get a linux update any time soon.

Squall Leonhart · Post by **Squall Leonhart** » Tue May 29, 2012 12:45 pm

I think the problem is that vba-m don't consider shift as a modifier key. When I try to set the pad buttons, it registered Shift_L and Shift_R as acceptable keys.

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GTK considers all the normal modifiers properly, however the input configuration goes through the input library, which shift can also be used validly as a button