On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:09:45 +0100, Bram Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > The subject line may not be defined very well but I don't know how to > formulate it any better. > > Recently I edited my XF86Config-4 file (in an attempt to get the nvidia > drivers to work) and ever since something in my keyboard setup is > screwed up. > > The keyboard layout is azerty and before messing things up pressing the > Alt Gr key in combination with the &-key generated the pipe symbol "|". > (Pressing the shift key with this key generates the number 1) > > Similarly pressing Alt Gr + s should generate the greek beta (or german > eszet) "ß". > > I have restored my previous XF86Config-4 file but I am still unable to > type any of these "extra" symbols. Which other configuration determines > this behaviour? > > The relevant part of the XF86Config-4 file (or at least the part that I > believe to be relevant) looks like: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "be" > Option "XkbOptions" "altwin:meta_win" > EndSection > > I tried to change pc104 to pc105 but that didn't help. > > This is on my laptop running debian testing. > > Can someone point me to the right configuration options/files? >
Do you run some DE, like Gnome or KDE? In Gnome you can modify your keyboard layout with "gnome-keyboard-properties", and IIRC with Gnome the XF86config XkbLayout option are overridden with the Gnome one... Andrea
