On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 02:30:49PM +0100, YoYo siska wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 01:49:04PM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Hello > > > > I'm not sure how to specify the topic in more detail. Over the last to > > hours I > > tried to get KDE4 to behave like it did before I rebuilt my system. My goal > > is > > to have a German layout with dead keys. In the process I've even gotten the > > system to react to the menu key again. But apart from that, for some > > reason, > > KDE4 won't behave like I want it to. > > > > I say KDE4 because KDE3 apparently works. I know because login with KDM4 > > doesn't work at the moment, so I'm using KDM3. There I can input accented > > letters of all sorts (in the username input field). But not in KDM4 and not > > in > > my KDE4 environment. > > > > I also tried it with and without KDE's own keyboard layout settings, where > > I > > set up a de layout of default variant (thus with dead keys). But to no > > avail. > > > > Here's the content of my hal config file: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <deviceinfo version="0.2"> > > <device> > > <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard"> > > <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">evdev</merge> > > <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">evdev</merge> > > > > <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">de</merge> > > <merge key="input.xkb.options" > > type="strlist">menu:Multi_key,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge> > > </match> > > </device> > > </deviceinfo> > > > > It worked before[TM], and I have no idea where else to look. Any ideas > > please? > > I think taht KDE4 do not touch your initial keyboard settings (xorg.conf or > hal,...) unless you change something in its keyboard config > (systemsettings ->regional&language->keyboard layout ) > maybe that you have wrong keyboard set explicitly there? > > I have "disable keyboard layouts" under the "layout" tab selected, > but I can't say if it really works correctly (keeps the X > configuration defaults) right now, because I can't restart X right now, > and I change between > 'setxkbmap -option grp:shifts_toggle sk,us qwerty,' > and a simple > 'setxkbmap us' > with some scripts, because the dual layout confuses some apps like > synergy, x2x, rdesktop, even some vnc clients... > > > what happens if you you type "setxkbmap de" in an terminal (konsole, > xterm,...) after kde starts up?
and of course you can check your current settings with setxkbmap -print yoyo
