Re: X keymaps
On Sat, 19 May 2001, Martin wrote: > i have debian up and running on my portege 7020ct but the keymap is really > screwed up... > > ie 'y' and 'z' swapped over, half the symbol keys produce different symbols, > backspace or other funky control characters... Try running xkeycaps - put it in your .xsession ifthe keymap is too borked to use. -- Vivek
Re: X keymaps
On Sat, 19 May 2001, Martin wrote: > i have debian up and running on my portege 7020ct but the keymap is really > screwed up... > > ie 'y' and 'z' swapped over, half the symbol keys produce different symbols, > backspace or other funky control characters... Try running xkeycaps - put it in your .xsession ifthe keymap is too borked to use. -- Vivek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X keymaps
Sometime around Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:19:03AM -0300, Peter Cordes blurted out: > > You can pick a different XKB keymap by editing the section in your > /etc/X11/XF86Config. XkbModel and XkbLayout are the ones to look for. > (This applies to XFree86 3.3.6; X 4.x uses XF86Config-4 in Debian.) quick lesson for all those would be travellers in laptop land... if you are going to copy someone's XF86Config for your model of laptop to save yourself the trouble of finding out everything yourself, make sure you go over it for any little "gotchas"! funnily enough my XF86Config had this: XkbLayout "de" which i changed to: XkbLayout "en_US" which fixed all the weird mappings, except for one... both my backspace and delete delete... how do i get the backspace to backspace? later marty "I can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want because I'm me." - Corduroy, Pearl Jam
Re: X keymaps
Sometime around Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:19:03AM -0300, Peter Cordes blurted out: > > You can pick a different XKB keymap by editing the section in your > /etc/X11/XF86Config. XkbModel and XkbLayout are the ones to look for. > (This applies to XFree86 3.3.6; X 4.x uses XF86Config-4 in Debian.) quick lesson for all those would be travellers in laptop land... if you are going to copy someone's XF86Config for your model of laptop to save yourself the trouble of finding out everything yourself, make sure you go over it for any little "gotchas"! funnily enough my XF86Config had this: XkbLayout "de" which i changed to: XkbLayout "en_US" which fixed all the weird mappings, except for one... both my backspace and delete delete... how do i get the backspace to backspace? later marty "I can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want because I'm me." - Corduroy, Pearl Jam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X keymaps
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:29:03PM +1000, Martin wrote: > Hi guys > > i have debian up and running on my portege 7020ct but the keymap is really > screwed up... > > ie 'y' and 'z' swapped over, half the symbol keys produce different symbols, > backspace or other funky control characters... > > is there any good resources on 'Xresources' fixes for things like this? a > place with a how-to or example configs would be fantastic... You can pick a different XKB keymap by editing the section in your /etc/X11/XF86Config. XkbModel and XkbLayout are the ones to look for. (This applies to XFree86 3.3.6; X 4.x uses XF86Config-4 in Debian.) -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , ns.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE
Re: X keymaps
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:29:03PM +1000, Martin wrote: > Hi guys > > i have debian up and running on my portege 7020ct but the keymap is really > screwed up... > > ie 'y' and 'z' swapped over, half the symbol keys produce different symbols, > backspace or other funky control characters... > > is there any good resources on 'Xresources' fixes for things like this? a > place with a how-to or example configs would be fantastic... You can pick a different XKB keymap by editing the section in your /etc/X11/XF86Config. XkbModel and XkbLayout are the ones to look for. (This applies to XFree86 3.3.6; X 4.x uses XF86Config-4 in Debian.) -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , ns.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
