Re: non-US keyboard on Pismo
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On Saturday 14 June 2003 6:13, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > > > Then it appears that X has a bug, while console-tools correctly
> > > > supports this early iMac CRT keyboard (the original narrow keyboard,
> > > > before the Pro model).
> > >
> > > After you've configured X (with `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86`), what
> > > does the Keyboard InputDevice section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 look like?
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> > Driver "keyboard"
> > Option "CoreKeyboard"
> > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> > Option "XkbModel" "macintosh"
> > Option "XkbLayout" "fi"
> > EndSection
>
> Ah, I was thinking French, too. (The original post was about a French
> keyboard.) Unfortunately, you'll have to try some things, as I don't have an
> immediate solution for you (or a Finnish keyboard!)
>
> So first, copy your keyboard InputDevice section, and paste a copy at the
> first line of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. That way, you can still use debconf
> to manage the rest of your XF86Config-4, but have your keyboard overrides.
>
> Then, I have a couple of ideas for you to try. You'll have to restart X after
> each of these changes and see if it works.
>
> First, try deleting the XkbModel "macintosh" line. From the
> /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/macintosh file, only us keyboards are defined. Restart
> and see if that works.
Nope.
> Otherwise, try deleting the XkbLayout line and adding a line:
> XkbSymbols "symbols/en_us(pc105)+fi
Nope.
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Martin-Éric Racine
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