On mer, 2009-04-08 at 22:29 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mi,08.apr.09, 02:01:16, Luca Niccoli wrote: > > > I could set the shortcuts and the keyboard layout and model, but > > neither of these had any effect: shortcuts didn't work, nor did > > keymaps change. > > I have problems changing the model. I did some tests and I can reproduce > the issue. Here is the relevant part of xorg.conf (I don't use xmodmap > anymore): > > ,----[ from xorg.conf ] > | Section "InputDevice" > | Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > | Driver "kbd" > | Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > | Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > | Option "XkbLayout" "ro" > | EndSection > `---- > > The steps to reproduce it: > > rm -rf .config > > startxfce4 > > Xfce Menu -> Settings -> Keyboard: Layout tab and chose model (Thinkpad > R61 for me) > > result: special keys don't work > > close Xfce > > startxfce4 > > special keys still don't work > > now in the keyboard settings I choose some other model and then again > the Thinkpad R61 > > special keys work! but only until Xfce is restarted when the model dance > needs to be performed again. > > If I choose the corect model in xorg.conf it will be shown in keyboard > settings after removing .config and will work correctly. I will be using > this solution anyway, but I could do more tests if needed.
It seems that the config file is not always created when selecting a layoyut/model. Please check in .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/keyboard-layout.xml if it exists. Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis
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