On Czw 29. Marzec 2001 17:29, you wrote:
> Bronek Baraniecki wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Bronek Baraniecki wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm sorry, if this very simple or it is no problem at
> > all, but I cannot find out a solution for my "RightAlt
> > "key in akeybord after upgrading from XFre86-3.3.6 to
> > -4.0.2
> >
> > I go RH7.0
> > lyx-1.1.6fix1-1
> > gcc-2.96-54
> > glibc-2.1.94-14
> > xforms-0.88-3
> >
> > Before upgrading there was no problem writing polish
> > diacritics in Lyx with "RightAlt" plus a character (eg.
> > ±), as well as in vim or emacs.
> > But in other applications like kmail (KDE-2), netscape
> > or balsa, the "RightAlt" was dead.
> >
> > So to make possible to write email in polish, I start
> > experimentig and installed xfree-4.02.
> >
> > And now, all other applications make it possible to use
> > RightAlt for diacritics, excluding lyx.
> >
> > In lyx RightAlt is dead now. I was playing with some
> > configurations in XF86Config without succes. I have
> > very good xmodmap in ~/.Xmodmap, but I do not know how
> > to force lyx to use it.
> >
> > Locale is set OK.
> >
> > Any help will be warmly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > brono
> > --
> > Bruno Baraniecki
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> It is a well known problem, you should find the solution
> on X11.aplications NG or on deja.com...
>
> The problem comes from your upgrade of XFREE (i got the
> same problem at home with my suse 6.3)
> mais bon je te donne la soluce.
>
> It comes from a bad link of the xkb directory
>
> The Xfree upgrade puts it in the directory /var/state.
> The pervious version of XFREE search it in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11. You must remove the old link with a
> simple "rm" and create a new one to the new good
> directory with the line : ln -s /var/state/xkb
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
>
> The tips is also given in "guide de survie de G.
> Delafond"
>
> http://www.medsyn.fr/perso/g.delafond/survie.htm
>
> 7.23 La touche AltGr ne fonctionne plus après avoir
> installé XFree86 4.02 ou sans raison
>
> Histoire vécue sur Mandrake 7.2, où setxkbmap refusait de
> fonctionner. En fait, xkbcomp essayait d'écrire dans
> /usr/X1R6/lib/xkb/compiled , qui est un lien
> vers /var/state/xkb...qui n'existe pas.
>
> Solution : créer un répertoire /var/state/xkb.
>
> Si vous n'avez changé aucun réglage, vérifiez que
> setxkbmap se lance bien. S'il refuse, il peut s'agir
> d'une partition /var (ou racine si /var n'a pas sa propre
> partition) pleine. Faites de la place. Dans ce cas, vous
> ne pouvez pas afficher non plus vos pages de man.
>
>
> sorry it's in french :-)
>
> Yann
Thank you,
and sorry, I do not know french :-(
Not understand what exactly to "rm" but will try.
Regards
Bruno
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Bruno Baraniecki
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