helas, On 5:29:16 am 02/01/2005 Mathias Weyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > First of all, I want to apologize if I break any list policies while > writing this mail in English. I do have a localization issue and I > don't know where I could ask (please point me to the right place if > debian-russian is the wrong one). > > I'd like to be able to write in Russian with my notebook which has a > de_CH (Swiss German) keyboard layout. Only X11 is needed and it's a > debian sarge install. Unfortunately, I can't set the XkbLayout to > "de_CH,ru(phonetic)" and the command > > setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc105 -layout "de_CH,ru(phonetic)" \ > -option "grp:ctrls_toggle" > > is failing with "Error loading new keyboard description". > > I tried it with "de,ru(phonetic)". That one is working, but the Swiss > German (de_CH) and the German (de) keyboard layout do only have a few > mutualities, so that's not a final solution. I also tried to look at > the differences between the two symbol files, but I don't understand > the syntax :( > Best Regards > > Mathias Weyland > > PS: Answers in Russian are ok for me. > >
You can try KDE Control Center first, or wait for someone more competent (I use Fluxbox, so dont ask me how). --teppi