On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 10:30:05PM +0100, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 04:55:43PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 20-03-2005 10:20, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote: > ... > > > But before trying to build the first gnome-based debian-edu-cd I have > > > one big problem: > > > bug #296434 - http://bugs.debian.org/296434 > > > I set up Norwegian (I've tried with danish as well), and in the > > > console and in gdm everything seems to be set up correctly. but when > > > gnome starts, I get US keyboard. This seems to have been a known bug in > > > Fedora Core around the time they switched from XFree86 packages to > > > X.org packages, but Debian has not yet switched. I've tried with > > > Ubuntu, and there things works. > ... > > > - SHould this bug be other priority than normal - I mean this bug is > > > grave, as it prevents us from having a preconfigured environment. I > > > would not like to tell hundreds of users to use > > > "gnome-keyboard-properties" to set up their keyboard even if X and > > > keyboard has been set up correctly. I think It should be > > > grave - makes the package in question unusable or mostly so (maybe > > > not) > > > or > > > important - a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a > > > package, without rendering it completely unusable to > > > everyone. (Applies to everyone that dont us US-keyboard) > > > > > > I Think it's an important bug. > > > > I agree it is _very_ annoying (and thanks for pointing me to the Redhat > > ressources that helped me figure out what I thought was a local problem > > with my own setup!) but gconf settings _are_ changeable (as Loïc also > > seems to write in his response), it just does not rely on either Xfree86 > > or libc settings, and is not controllable through debconf. > > > > Try the following command (in a single line): > > > > # gconftool-2 --direct --config-source > > xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set > > /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb/layouts dk > > Then I got something like (freely translated) > Error during activation of XKB-config > ..... > please include something like > - printout of xprop -root | grep XKB > - printout of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb > > But since the activation of XKB-config fail - I now have a working > keyboard :) > > > If the above command works, I suggest keeping bug #296434 open but > > priority normal or lower, and instead file a wishlist bugreport against > > localization-config to setup gconf2 similarly. > > It should not be necesarry to reconfigure the keyboard for gnome, since > it works perfectly in gdm. It should be possible to reprogram the > keyboard but _not_ necesarry :( > > I suggest we continue this discussion on > debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org > > > -- > Finn-Arne Johansen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://bzz.no/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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