[Vm-dev] Strange unix (Pi) vm event bug for july 2016 era vm build

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Sat Oct 8 13:19:27 UTC 2016


On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 08:43:23PM -0700, tim Rowledge wrote:
> 
> Right, well I think I have a handle on this oddity. It???s both trickier and simpler than I expected.
> 
> We (as in Pi Towers) built a new package with the 20160818 0858 vm. Yippee!
> 
> Oh pooh; install it and the bug is still there. Damn. How is this possible?
> 
> Binary diff all the vm files (such fun) and they???re all identical. But when the vm is in my working directory it is fine - in the /usr/lib/blah end-user location, bug. How is it possible?
> 
> Actually I???m going to stop there and see if anyone else spots what is happening, just for fun.
> 

Keyboard settings. Your personal account on the PI is configured for a
different keyboard setting than whatever is delivered by default for Raspian.

Dave



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