Hello!
I have a (minor) problem with my keyboard since I installed the new XFree
packages. I have a apple usb-keyboard. Some keys are missing on this keyboard
so I used xmodmap to change the mapping. One big problem is that the keyboard
doesn't have an AltGr (on german keyboards it's AltGr, I don't know if this
is the same in other countries) key. But I need that key for many characters
like '@' and '{', ... (on German keyboards '@' is AltGr + q, etc.). So I have
the following in my Xmodmap:
keycode 116 = Mode_switch
That way I can use my right apple-key (keycode 116) as a AltGr key and have my
Mode_switch again. But since the I have XFree 4.2.99 installed this doesn't
work anymore. Some other mappings like the Delete-key is still working fine.
Is there a change in XFree so I can't use the Mode_switch anymore? Under
Windows the AltGr key is simulated with pressing Ctrl and Alt simultaniously.
But this isn't working on Linux.
My XFree packages are:
XFree86-doc-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-server-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-libs-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-compat-libs-4.1.0-2mdk
XFree86-devel-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-Xnest-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
XFree86-xfs-4.2.99.3-1.20021223.3mdk
Thanks for any hints/suggestions. I'm now using a standard PC-keyboard so the
topic isn't very imported for me right now but I think that it could be a
bigger problem for some others who won't to use Mode_switch.
I also heard about a different (newer) way to do those mappings without
Xmodmap. How does that work? Any links to howTos?
Marco.
