Re: Where is the Xorg.conf - to setup XKB layouts on Squeeze?
Wolodja Wentland <wentland@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 17:15 +0200, Paul Chany wrote:
>> Paul Chany <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:
>> > Paul Chany <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:
>> >> Mitchell Laks <mlaks@post.harvard.edu> writes:
>> >>> On 14:52 Fri 04 Jun , Kelly Clowers wrote:
>
>> >>>> /etc/default/keyboard
>> >>> I agree. This is new and replaces the xorg.conf location.
>
>> >>> also look at /etc/default/console-setup for your tty consoles.
>
>> If one have setup his/her console setup with console-setup tool, then
>> his/her xserver uses this setup for XWindow too, right?
>
> I don't quite understand your confusion and I am still not sure if I can
> help you, because I don't know the *tool* you are using to switch
> between different keymaps and its requirements.
I'm trying to use fookb-wmaker on Window Maker window manager.
> You use console-setup (dpkg-reconfigure console-setup) and the
> aforementioned files to configure your *global*/default keymap used in X
> and on the console.
Yes, I am.
> There are a variety of ways to *switch* keymaps within X and most
> desktop environments provide their own tools to do so.
> (gnome-keyboard-properties for example), but you can always use a tool
> such as "setxkbmap" to switch to a different keymap without the need to
> run "gnome-settings-daemon" (or other applicable DE daemons/tools). It is
> fairly easy to define hotkeys that trigger different "setxkbmap"
> commands in most window managers.
I don't use GNOME. I was always used fookb-wmaker on Window Maker to
swtich keyboard layouts.
> I have already pointed out that I don't know the tool you are using to
> switch keymaps, but if its requirement is that you define *all* keymaps you
> might potentially use in your xorg.xonf then this is most definitely the
> only way *if you want to use that tool*. You might want to read the
> README.Debian for that tool and its manpage to check if the way to setup
> it changed in the meantime.
I think that that if the new Xorg use not anymore xorg.conf then I why
should I use it? I want to figure out the new way of using Xorg XKB
configuration. fookb-wmaker hasn't README.Debian file. It has only
README file:
Icons was submitted by LionN <xpert@mail.ru>
USER GUIDE
Left click - next Xkb group
Middle click - previous Xkb group
Right click - exit
> What went wrong with "X -configure" or "X -configure :1"? It is hard to
> help if you don't provide any output generated by these programs? Have
> you read the wiki page I linked?
Like I sed there isn't any output of X -configure command; the system
hangs forever, so I must to restart the PC Box with the Reset Button.
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Paul Chany
You can freely correct my English.
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