Hi, Did emerge told you to update some config files?
/JM On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there! > > I'm in the middle of a world update, but X stuff seems to be updated now. > The problem is that the keyboard does not work as before. > > It's a german keyboard. Here are expected keys, and the results: > > ß \ > ö [ > ä ] > ü @ > > Keys like @ (Alt-Gr q), | (Alt-Gr <) and ~ (Alt-Gr +} do not work at all. > Same goes for console switching via Ctrl-Alt-Fn. > > There is a warning message in the X log, I assume this has to do with it: > > [...] > (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" > (**) Keyboard0: Core Keyboard > (**) Option "Protocol" "standard" > (**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard > (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > (**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg" > (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > (**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105" > (**) Option "XkbLayout" "de" > (**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "de" > (**) Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > (**) Keyboard0: XkbVariant: "nodeadkeys" > (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" > (**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD) > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE) > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: > Other) > (WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap > [...] > > There are quite some references to this message, but many are unresolved. > Someone installed xkbutils, this did not help me, and I do not see why it > should. Some people xmodmap a lot, but this would be a workaround, while > I am interested in a cleaner solution. > > > The weird thing is that this happens only when using KDM, not if I startx > from the text console. Does this ring a bell for someone? > > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XKbModel" "pc105" > Option "XKbLayout" "de" > Option "XKbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > EndSection > > Wonko > > -- Jean-Marc
