On Oct 3, 2008, at 4:12 PM, Stan Sanderson wrote: > I will try this again- > The latest Gnome runs, but any attempt to input text is hopeless. The > character mapping is chaotic, at best. If I start X11 by itself (i.e., > without a .xinitrc file), the keyboard maps correctly and all is well. > If I start up Gnome, all is lost. > > The setup: OS 10.5.5, latest fink (unstable tree), latest developer > stuff, PPC G4 > (PB 1.67MHz), all fink updates successfully applied. X11 2.3.1 > installed. > > I use the recommended .xinitrc: > . /sw/bin/init.sh > quartz-wm --only-proxy & > exec gnome-session > > Hint 7.3 "If you're starting XFree86 from the command line, you can > pass the name of the keymapping file to load as an option, as in: > startx -- -quartz -keymap USA.keymapping" doesn't work,
I think that's from 10.2 > and I don't > know how to initiate keymap USA.keymapping from the .xinitrc file. > > Any help would be gratefully received. > > > Stan > > There's a thread that sounds suspiciously similar: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.gnome/2070/focus=2097 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
