The return of keyboard psychedelia

[Jonathan Corbet]

For a little while last week, I actually had a working keyboard - arrow
keys and everything!  Getting them back made me realize how much I enjoy
the simple pleasures in life...  Alas, it was not meant to last.  After
updating yesterday, I now have *different* keyboard weirdness.  I don't
get the screenshot dialog on up-arrow any more (that moved to delete, a
much more logical place); now xev says it's "keysym 0xff26, Katakana".
The down arrow is KP_Enter, left is "Henkan_Mode" and right is
"Muhenkan".  And so on.

In a way, this is cool...I've never had a Muhenkan key before.  But,
then, I think back longingly to my long-lost arrow keys, and Muhenkan
just loses some of its shine.

But, then, maybe they'll be something new and exciting tomorrow - stay
tuned.  Unless somebody knows how to bring back non-hallucinogenic
behavior....? 

jon