On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:46:43 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My problem is to get the right keyboard config. In fact, I can't have > > > > some keys such as "tilde" or "pipe" ... I noticed that when I'm not > > using the xserver but the consol I just have to type "loadkeys > > mac-fr-ext " to get the right keykoard. Then I can get for eg the > > "tilde" like in original mac french keyboard : option + n or the pipe > > : shift + option + L. But when I run an x session these keys no longer > > > > work. > > You check this page out: > http://www.linux-france.org/macintosh/clavier_rpm3.html > and download ftp://ftp.linux-france.org/pub/macintosh/kbd-mac-fr.tar.gz
Hi, I think these previous pages provide rather old information and, when I installed my powerbook, I read them but found more interesting information on Debian's site. The problem partly stands with Keycodes sending between Testing and Stable AFAIK. Before using correct keycodes, I was not able to get these characters. You'd better have a look at : http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes Before applying any modifications such as the ones I suggest, you'd really better read this page as something has to be checked inside the kernel. As you can get normal keys (a give a, b give b, ...) then you probably have a satisfying configuration. Kernel part : check (make xconfig) that the configuration is as follows: Macintosh device drivers: Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) support : yes Use input layer for ADB devices : yes Support for ADB raw keycodes : no If your kernel config is this one, you should have nothing to modify into your running kernel. Then you should add : append="keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" to /etc/yaboot.conf inside the relevant boot entry. (As far as I am concerned, I have : append="hda=ide-scsi keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" just to say that options should be separated by spaces). Do not forget to run ybin after the modification. Your /etc/X11/XF86-Config-4 file should then contain (better do it with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86): Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" EndSection Actually, this is probably the main problem for you (the relationship between keycodes and fr vs. fr_new in XFree86-Config file). Then everything should work fine. You should be able to get characters as you use to under MacOS X. As a matter of fact, I did not even know how to do that as I come from the PC world. There is a text file that provides this information but I can't figure out where I found it (if anyone knows, please tell it). Anyway, it seems you know it so no pb. Yours sincerely. Et bon courage. Olivier. -- Olivier Crouzet acoustique, acquisition, interpr�tation - JE 2220 Universit� de Nantes Chemin de la Censive du Tertre - BP 81227 44036 Nantes cedex 3 France
