On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:29:03PM +1000, Martin wrote: > Hi guys > > i have debian up and running on my portege 7020ct but the keymap is really > screwed up... > > ie 'y' and 'z' swapped over, half the symbol keys produce different symbols, > backspace or other funky control characters... > > is there any good resources on 'Xresources' fixes for things like this? a > place with a how-to or example configs would be fantastic...
You can pick a different XKB keymap by editing the section in your /etc/X11/XF86Config. XkbModel and XkbLayout are the ones to look for. (This applies to XFree86 3.3.6; X 4.x uses XF86Config-4 in Debian.) -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , ns.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE
