Re: gnome for debian-edu
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On 20-03-2005 10:20, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote:
> Debian-edu/Skolelinux is crafted around a good network setup, a almost
> complete set of tools, and easy to install installation cd.
>
> But much of the tools are based upon kde, which has a strong base here
> in Norway, and also in Germany. IF we think back on the state of
> gnome/KDE in woody, I think that the selected Desktop was the correct
> to select. But since then GNome has come a long way. And personally I
> like GNome better than KDE.
> But before trying to build the first gnome-based debian-edu-cd I have
> one big problem:
> bug #296434 - http://bugs.debian.org/296434
> I set up Norwegian (I've tried with danish as well), and in the
> console and in gdm everything seems to be set up correctly. but when
> gnome starts, I get US keyboard. This seems to have been a known bug in
> Fedora Core around the time they switched from XFree86 packages to
> X.org packages, but Debian has not yet switched. I've tried with
> Ubuntu, and there things works.
> So I have two questions for you:
> - Does this problem applies in German, French and other languages as
> well ?
I believe it applies to all non-US locales. Try this (in a single line):
$ grep -A 4 layouts
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_peripherals_keyboard_xkb.schemas
> - SHould this bug be other priority than normal - I mean this bug is
> grave, as it prevents us from having a preconfigured environment. I
> would not like to tell hundreds of users to use
> "gnome-keyboard-properties" to set up their keyboard even if X and
> keyboard has been set up correctly. I think It should be
> grave - makes the package in question unusable or mostly so (maybe
> not)
> or
> important - a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a
> package, without rendering it completely unusable to
> everyone. (Applies to everyone that dont us US-keyboard)
>
> I Think it's an important bug.
I agree it is _very_ annoying (and thanks for pointing me to the Redhat
ressources that helped me figure out what I thought was a local problem
with my own setup!) but gconf settings _are_ changeable (as Loïc also
seems to write in his response), it just does not rely on either Xfree86
or libc settings, and is not controllable through debconf.
Try the following command (in a single line):
# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set
/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb/layouts dk
If the above command works, I suggest keeping bug #296434 open but
priority normal or lower, and instead file a wishlist bugreport against
localization-config to setup gconf2 similarly.
- Jonas
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