Hello Denis, On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 11:48:48AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:18:06PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > a) The deb is extraced to a temporary directory with dpkg -x > > b) I run startx (as ordinary user), ssh to root and switch to the > > appropriate temporary directory ($tmp/usr/share/X11/xkb) > > You do not need to be root, normal users can change their keyboard > settings.
Ok, I did not know that.
> > c) For some reason, root does not have a permission to write to the
> > display (previously worked), hence I issue "xhost +" from my
> > ordinary account and "export DISPLAY=:0.0" from the root account
> > d) To actually set the keyboard, I run as root
> > setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp - :0.0
But X also crashes when I run this command from my normal account, so
I do not need elevated privileges for the crash :-((
> > In previous versions the keyboard would be reconfigured and I could
> > test the new layout. Now, every time I run d) X crashes. Pressing
> > Ctrl-Z I get a console, pressing Ctrl-Left the machine does not
> > respond to any keyboard input anymore (I have to ssh in from remote
> > and reboot). When X crashes, it prints out the following lines:
>
> Please send the output of
> setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "macintosh+aliases(qwertz)" };
xkb_types { include "complete+numpad(mac)" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include
"pc(pc105)+macintosh_vndr/de(nodeadkeys)+inet(apple)+level3(lwin_switch)"
};
xkb_geometry { include "macintosh(macintosh)" };
};
Greetings
Helge
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