PPA with patched xserver-xorg to fix bug 865

PPA description

This PPA contain Xorg packages with patch from from ArchLinux AUR (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xorg-server-bug865/) for

* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) with xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04
* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic)
* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) with xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04
* Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic)
* Ubuntu 19.04 (disco)
* Ubuntu 19.10 (eoan)
* Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
* Ubuntu 20.10 (groovy)
* Ubuntu 21.04 (hirsute)
* Ubuntu 21.10 (impish)
* Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy)
* Ubuntu 22.10 (kinetic)
* Ubuntu 23.04 (lunar)
* Ubuntu 23.10 (mantic)

They fix the corresponding bugs:
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36812
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245473
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1683383

Warranty disclaimer: packages were tested in
* 16.04 LTS with HWE (Unity, MATE, Xfce)
* 18.04 LTS (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce)
* 18.10 (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce)
* 19.04 (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Unity, Xfce)
* 19.10 (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Unity, Xfce)
* 20.04 LTS (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Unity, Xfce)
* 20.10 (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Unity, Xfce)
* 21.04 (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce)
* 21.10 (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce)
* 22.04 LTS (Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce)

However other desktops may have issues even after applying the patch.
These packages do not fix problems for GNOME Shell (18.04 LTS, 18.10, 19.04, 19.10, 20.04 LTS, 20.10, 21.04, 21.10 and 22.04 LTS) and Unity (in 18.04 LTS and 18.10).

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Install with the following command:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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Optionally pin (lock/hold) related packages to prevent their upgrade with:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-xorg-hotkeys
Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-nrbrtx-xorg-hotkeys
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF

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Remove with commands:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-xorg-hotkeys
sudo ppa-purge ppa:nrbrtx/xorg-hotkeys

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Adding this PPA to your system

You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:nrbrtx/xorg-hotkeys to your system's Software Sources. (Read about installing)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nrbrtx/xorg-hotkeys
sudo apt update
        
Technical details about this PPA

This PPA can be added to your system manually by copying the lines below and adding them to your system's software sources.

Display sources.list entries for:
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/nrbrtx/xorg-hotkeys/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main 
deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/nrbrtx/xorg-hotkeys/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main 
Signing key:
4096R/E756285F30DB2B2BB35012E219BFCAF5168D33A9 (What is this?)
Fingerprint:
E756285F30DB2B2BB35012E219BFCAF5168D33A9

For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please contact Norbert.

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