Re: keymap in X

[Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@iogram.ch>]

Karl-Heinz Haag wrote:

> Working on X is not very useful.
> Because, what and where I type in the X environment -be it into xterms
> or somewhere else- I only get weird characters.
> I.e. I don't get typed the signs that I press on the keybord.
> Even pressing 'Enter' gives a comma sign on the screen.
> 
> How to get the right (german) ?keymap? in X?
> 
> Perhaps it is useful to give the few lines of my
> XF86Config-4 refering to the Input devices.

Very useful indeed, most people forget that, thanks.


> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "keyboard"
>         Option      "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option      "XkbdRules" "xfree86"
>         Option      "XkbdModel" "macintosh"
>         Option      "XkbdLayout" "de"
> EndSection

For one, there are typos here - should be 'Xkb...', not 'Xkbd...' .

Moreover, depending if you're using Linux keycodes, you might have to replace
the "macintosh" by "pc104". But try fixing the typos first.


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