Bug#535834: mac_nodeadkeys not found
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 11:55:41AM +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote:
>
> while upgrading the package I saw this message:
>
> Richte console-setup ein (1.38) ...
> WARNING: Can not find "mac_nodeadkeys" in "macintosh_vndr/de".
> Richte git-cvs ein (1:1.6.3.3-2) ...
>
> Maybe, you know what it means and why it's printed.
XKB based keyboard configuration doesn't make difference between
different keyboard models. I think this is right because one can use PC
layout on Macintosh or Mac layout on PC. Unfortunately for historical
reasons there are some vendor specific keyboard files (unnecessary in my
opinion) that take precedence when the keyboard model is a Mac model.
In your particular case /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh_vndr/de is
used instead of /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de. These vendor-specific
layouts do not cover all layouts supported by XKB and in particular
there is no layout named mac_nodeadkeys.
Currently there are two solutions of this problem. I think the first is
preferred by the upstream of xkb-data and the second is "the right"
solution in my opinion.
First solution:
Run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup and select "Germany - Eliminate dead
keys" instead of "Germany - Macintosh, eliminate dead keys". Because
your keyboard model is "Macintosh" your keyboard will be configured with
Mac layout, not with PC layout.
Second solution:
Run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup and select "Generic 105-key (Intl)
PC" keyboard model instead of "Macintosh". Leave the keyboard layout as
"Germany - Macintosh, eliminate dead keys". Because you select a PC
keyboard model the vendor file will not be used so all XKB layouts
become available (incl. the Mac layouts).
Please notice that this bug is not related to console-setup and unless
you fix the keyboard configuration by one of these two methods your
keyboard will not be properly configured on the console and if you don't
have user-specific configuration - in X too.
Anton Zinoviev
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