On 2025-05-31 09:00, rob stone wrote:
Hello,
if you are running a Dell Latitude laptop, what values are in
/etc/default/keyboard?
I've tried "pc105" (default) and "latitude" and neither echo the hash
symbol (Shift-3) nor the pipe character.
TIA,
Robert
I've a recollection of selecting some
On Sat 31 May 2025 at 18:00:30 (+1000), rob stone wrote:
> if you are running a Dell Latitude laptop, what values are in
> /etc/default/keyboard?
I had a British Latitude D430, and I had:
XKBMODEL="latitude"
XKBLAYOUT="gb"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="compose:caps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
On Sat, 2025-05-31 at 14:06 +, xuser wrote:
> Are you sure the keyboard works, properly ex. (no dead keys)?
> I have a Dell Latitude E6500 and all of the keys on the keyboard work
> fine.
Nice call. We're always asking if external parts like cables work, but
onboard keyboard functionality doe
Am Samstag, 31. Mai 2025, 13:18:52 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
Hi Richard,
where do you want to type it? In X? Then with which windowmanager? Or in the
native console (F1 - F5)?
Please note, that X, as well as each window manager and console itself is
using theire own configuration, but maybe
latitude keymap
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On 5/31/25 3:00 AM, rob stone wrote:
Hello,
if you are running a Dell Latitude laptop,
I have a Dell Latitude E6410
what values are in /etc/default/keyboard?
I see
On 5/31/25 3:00 AM, rob stone wrote:
Hello,
if you are running a Dell Latitude laptop,
I have a Dell Latitude E6410
what values are in /etc/default/keyboard?
I see:
> # KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
>
> # Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
>
> XKBMOD
ANT="nodeadkeys"
XKBOPTIONS="compose:lwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
# If you don't want to use the XKB layout on the console, you can
# specify an alternative keymap. Make sure it will be accessible
# before /usr is mounted.
# KMAP=/etc/console-setup/defkeymap.kmap.gz
BACKSPACE="guess"
Hope this helps.
Best
Hans
Hello,
if you are running a Dell Latitude laptop, what values are in
/etc/default/keyboard?
I've tried "pc105" (default) and "latitude" and neither echo the hash
symbol (Shift-3) nor the pipe character.
TIA,
Robert
On 05/10/2024 17:06, Hans wrote:
As this keyboard differs in the layout cpompared to the old one, some keys are
mapped other (i.e. page-up / down in the original needs the function key =
second layer, in th enew one it is just page-up /down without any Function).
[Fn] modifier perhaps requires
On Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:06:56 +0200
Hans wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> for my Lenovo T520 I got a new keyboard. It is a cheap one from
> China.
>
> As this keyboard differs in the layout cpompared to the old one, some
> keys are mapped other (i.e. page-up / down in the original needs the
> function ke
Hi folks,
for my Lenovo T520 I got a new keyboard. It is a cheap one from China.
As this keyboard differs in the layout cpompared to the old one, some keys are
mapped other (i.e. page-up / down in the original needs the function key =
second layer, in th enew one it is just page-up /down witho
On 23 Jul 2023 20:32 +, from 2695bd53d...@ewoof.net (Michael Kjörling):
> I upgraded from current Debian 11 to 12.1 today. Almost everything
> worked great, but during early boot I'm now getting the following
> message:
>
> unknown keysym 'dead_abovering'
> /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.
uration which is tripping _something_ up. I
just can't figure out what that might be.
> The other idea was, if you have a working kmap setup in your virtual machine
> install, could you "suck" the keymap settings out of that machine using the
> xmodmap utility, then copy them
tely it doesn't seem to have made any
> appreciable difference.
>
> What's even more odd is that I spun up a VM based on 12.0 upgraded to
> current, with the following in the preseed file:
>
> d-i debian-installer/language string en
> d-i debian-installer/country s
d on 12.0 upgraded to
current, with the following in the preseed file:
d-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/country string SE
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select se
That one does not display any similar error on boot, a
On Sun 23 Jul 2023 at 20:32:28 (+), Michael Kjörling wrote:
> I upgraded from current Debian 11 to 12.1 today. Almost everything
> worked great, but during early boot I'm now getting the following
> message:
>
> unknown keysym 'dead_abovering'
> /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap:27: syn
On 23 Jul 2023 20:32 +, from 2695bd53d...@ewoof.net (Michael Kjörling):
> unknown keysym 'dead_abovering'
> /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap:27: syntax error
> syntax error in map file
> key bindings not changed
No suggestions from anyone for anything to check, let alone a
solution? I'
Hello everyone.
Long time Debian user, newly subscribed to the mailing list.
I upgraded from current Debian 11 to 12.1 today. Almost everything
worked great, but during early boot I'm now getting the following
message:
unknown keysym 'dead_abovering'
/etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap:27:
I installed release 11.2 for amd64. In the installer, I asked for the
Dvorak keymap and XFCE desktop. After a successful install, I used
Applications Menu > Settings > Keyboard and then > Variants to select
the "Classic" Dvorak keymap.
The change was not effective, even a
On 2/1/20 6:11 PM, Siard wrote:
Grzesiek Sójka wrote:
I do have sid running on tablet pc. I decided to use one of the
physical keys as F11. Its keycode is 125 (the one with windows icon). To
do it on console i put the following in /etc/rc.local:
echo "keycode 125 = F11" | loadkeys
And it work
Grzesiek Sójka wrote:
> I do have sid running on tablet pc. I decided to use one of the
> physical keys as F11. Its keycode is 125 (the one with windows icon). To
> do it on console i put the following in /etc/rc.local:
>
> echo "keycode 125 = F11" | loadkeys
>
> And it works as expected. Unfo
Hi there,
I do have sid running on tablet pc. I decided to use one of the
physical keys as F11. Its keycode is 125 (the one with windows icon). To
do it on console i put the following in /etc/rc.local:
echo "keycode 125 = F11" | loadkeys
And it works as expected. Unfortunately, I did not fi
Anil Duggirala:
Actually, the error says. "Failed to start Set console font and keymap".
That is the description of a service. Read the journal with systemctl
status and journalctl to see what has been logged about why it has failed.
On 2018-02-16, Anil Duggirala wrote:
> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
> am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
> bootup. The default keymap appears to have been changed, and everythin
> I tried "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration", choosing UK Int
> w/dead keys. I am still getting the same error. I had also before,
> tried setting the layout with the Gnome tool. My layout is working
> perfectly, but I keep getting the same error, "failed to se
error. I had also before,
tried setting the layout with the Gnome tool. My layout is working
perfectly, but I keep getting the same error, "failed to set console
font and keymap" at boot time.
thanks
On Friday 16 February 2018 11:17:22 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 2/16/18, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> > On 2/16/18, Anil Duggirala wrote:
> >> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard
> >> file. I am now getting a "fa
On 2/16/18, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 2/16/18, Anil Duggirala wrote:
>> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
>> am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
>> bootup. The default
On 2/16/18, Anil Duggirala wrote:
> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
> am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
> bootup. The default keymap appears to have been changed, and everything
>
All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
bootup. The default keymap appears to have been changed, and everything
works well otherwise.
please help.
0.
With hid-generic and 3.16.0, the keyboard worked, and I could type in my pass
phrase. After typing it in, nothing happened (at all, even with kopts rdshell
rinitdebug and no quiet.) I could also type and see the input, and noticed the
keymap was the wrong one (I'm using Dvorak, this was ANS
Joe Riel writes:
> I have a TrulyErgonomic keyboard and move some of the keys around. To
> do this in the virtual terminals, I use loadkeys. I also use
> install-keymap, which creates /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. That
> keymap is supposed to be loaded following a reboot. It is
I have a TrulyErgonomic keyboard and move some of the keys around. To
do this in the virtual terminals, I use loadkeys. I also use
install-keymap, which creates /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. That
keymap is supposed to be loaded following a reboot. It is not. Either
that or the created file
Hi all!
I'm using VirtualBox OSE on a host without a GUI and I'm trying to
connect via VNC to install a VM with Debian Squeeze. The syntax I use on
VirtualBox OSE to start the VM is the following:
$ VBoxHeadless -startvm Debian --vnc --vncport 5901
When I get the hostname configuration screen,
> I was hoping there would be a way without using root. But loadkeys
> changes the keymap for all users on all virtual terminals AFAIK which
> is what I'm trying to avoid cause I do usually have several running
> sessions under several different usernames (e.g. myself messing,
Sebastian wrote at 2010-01-10 10:56 -0600:
> Thanks for all your time and help, greatly appreciated. I think I have
> been a bit unclear in my wording: I'm looking for something to
> temporarily set a different keymap in a /console/-session, as in
> 'text-only'! I
n able to practice under X using
> > 'setxkbdmap dvorak' which works great.
> > What I'm interested in if there's an easy way to (temporarily as I'm
> > nowhere near fluent yet) load another keymap as an ordinary user in a
> > regular terminal session. I h
What I'm interested in if there's an easy way to (temporarily as I'm
> nowhere near fluent yet) load another keymap as an ordinary user in a
> regular terminal session. I have tried the loadkeys command but that
> doesn't work for a ordinary user here.
> I'm r
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 12:29:34PM EST, Anthony Baldwin wrote:
> --- On Sat, 1/9/10, Chris Jones wrote:
[..]
> > xmodmap?
> >
> > This may help:
> >
> > http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2004022913081779
> >
> > CJ
> >
>
> How about simply
>
> :~$ setxkbmap dvorak
Had a feeling
--- On Sat, 1/9/10, Chris Jones wrote:
> From: Chris Jones
> Subject: Re: How to temporary set dvorak keymap in terminal
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 4:48 PM
> On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 07:21:23AM
> EST, Sebastian wrote:
> > Hi Cama
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 07:21:23AM EST, Sebastian wrote:
> Hi Camaleón and thanks for your time
>
> I was hoping there would be a way without using root. But loadkeys
> changes the keymap for all users on all virtual terminals AFAIK which
> is what I'm trying to avoid cau
Hi Camaleón and thanks for your time
I was hoping there would be a way without using root. But loadkeys
changes the keymap for all users on all virtual terminals AFAIK which
is what I'm trying to avoid cause I do usually have several running
sessions under several different usernames (e.g. m
n if there's
> an easy way to (temporarily as I'm nowhere near fluent yet) load another
> keymap as an ordinary user in a regular terminal session. I have tried
> the loadkeys command but that doesn't work for a ordinary user here. I'm
> running a mixed-release debian wit
nowhere near fluent yet) load another keymap as an ordinary user in a
regular terminal session. I have tried the loadkeys command but that
doesn't work for a ordinary user here.
I'm running a mixed-release debian with apt-pinning (mainly
testing). Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks in advanc
Hello Debian users. After upgrading Squeeze, I couldn't help but notice
that the Caps Lock key wasn't working. After a little investigation, I
discovered that the keymap isn't loaded at boot. If I load the keymap
(loadkeys /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz) manually, Caps Lock comes
Dne, 02. 12. 2009 12:21:28 je Mathieu Malaterre napisal(a):
>
> Excellent that fixed it. thanks !
>
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Klistvud wrote:
> Dne, 02. 12. 2009 11:53:50 je Mathieu Malaterre napisal(a):
> In the
>> device-console keymap is British, but when I switch to the X session
>> (gnome) it is set to american.
>
> I had the exact same symptom in a new Lenny
Dne, 02. 12. 2009 11:53:50 je Mathieu Malaterre napisal(a):
In the
> device-console keymap is British, but when I switch to the X session
> (gnome) it is set to american.
I had the exact same symptom in a new Lenny installation a while ago.
In the end, it turned out that some lines were m
Hi there,
I just finished installing a brand new debian/stable system on a
DELL Precision M6300... but I already have a problem with the keymap
used on my X session (console Ctrl-Alt-F1 is ok). In the
device-console keymap is British, but when I switch to the X session
(gnome) it is set to
2009/8/31 Eugene Apolinary :
> How can I change the default keyboard language under Debian Lenny?
>
> in the console
With install-keymap
> and under GNOME too
For X environment, see /etc/X11/xorg.conf (XkbLayout)
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Eugene Apolinary writes:
> How can I change the default keyboard language under Debian Lenny?
>
> in the console
Load the keymap for your language?
> and under GNOME too
Use GNOME Control Center?
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How can I change the default keyboard language under Debian Lenny?
in the console
and under GNOME too
Thank you!
Best regards
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:15:12AM -0500, Brian McKee wrote:
Hi All,
The tn5250 package has an add on keymap us5250.map that defines F21
thru F24, and a few other odds and ends, on the
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> Hi All,
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> The tn5250 package has an add on keymap us5250.map that defines F21
> thru F24, and a few other odds and ends, on the console keyboar
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Hi,
I can't get an usb keyboard working in X in debian etch. The x is started from
root user (not great i know). The keyboard works fine in virtual terminals.
I've tried to manually compile the keymap, but the link get deleted on X start.
s
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Hi All,
The tn5250 package has an add on keymap us5250.map that defines F21
thru F24, and a few other odds and ends, on the console keyboard.
I'm trying to use this keymap on gutsy and etch. I gather both of
them have converted t
I have
some problems with it, the keymap selecte is an spanish cause letters as
ñ and ç are mapped but symbols like / - are not where they should be.
Any suggestion?
Hi:
Do you have an international spanish or an latin american spanish.
By default, the spanish that you selected is the internatio
ith it, the keymap selecte is an spanish cause letters as
ñ and ç are mapped but symbols like / - are not where they should be.
Any suggestion?
Hi:
Do you have an international spanish or an latin american spanish.
By default, the spanish that you selected is the international
spanish, so the \ sign
Hi all,
I've got a server with only USB connections, so I had to plug a USB
keyboard. This keyboard is an spanish one, so in the installer settings
I selected spanish layout. After the installation has finished I have
some problems with it, the keymap selecte is an spanish cause lette
ipedia could tell me what a dead key was.
Anyways, I ended up purging console-setup. The only thing I liked
about it was the terminus font, and that was easy enough to manage on
my own, with a consolechars command added to .bash_profile. I put my
custom keymap somewhere, I'll probably never fin
On 2007-05-31, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think that in the end console-setup uses the definitions in
> /etc/default/console-setup, which have a syntax similar to the keyboard
> section in xorg.conf, e.g.
>
> XKBMODEL=""
> XKBLAYOUT="es"
> XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys"
> XKBOPTIONS="
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 19:34:10 +, Tyler Smith wrote:
> On 2007-05-30, Mumia W..
> wrote:
> > On 05/30/2007 11:26 AM, Tyler Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> [...] I copied the custom keymap to /etc/console-setup/ and
> >> rebooted, but it still doesn't
On 2007-05-30, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 05/30/2007 11:26 AM, Tyler Smith wrote:
>>
>> [...] I copied the custom keymap to /etc/console-setup/ and
>> rebooted, but it still doesn't load. It works when I run
>> /etc/console-setup/boottime.k
On 05/30/2007 11:26 AM, Tyler Smith wrote:
[...] I copied the custom keymap to /etc/console-setup/ and
rebooted, but it still doesn't load. It works when I run
/etc/console-setup/boottime.kmap.gz, but I have to do that manually
for each boot.
Thanks,
Tyler
Perhaps you could cre
On 2007-05-30, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> sets the appropriate keymap, so whatever is going on during boot up,
>> /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz is *not* getting loaded.
>
> I never actually tried to play around with this myself, but I think the
Tyler Smith([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a little confused as to how to set my console keymap. I've got a
> custom keymap that suits me, and running
>
> loadkeys /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/custom.kmap
>
> gets it installed
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 13:09:21 +, Tyler Smith wrote:
[...]
> As a quick update, I deterimined that running
>
> loadkeys /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
>
> sets the appropriate keymap, so whatever is going on during boot up,
> /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz is *not* gettin
* Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070530 08:28]:
> On 2007-05-30, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Before "dvorak-classic" became a standard offering in Debian, the
> > approach which I used was to execute the command:
> >
I wrote:
+--+
Ok, so I ran
install-keymap /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/custom.kmap
and then rebooted.
The keymap was not installed, and I got the same problems as usual.
However, I then ran
loadkeys /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/custom.kmap
and got the proper keymap
On 2007-05-30, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Before "dvorak-classic" became a standard offering in Debian, the
> approach which I used was to execute the command:
>
> # install-keymap dvorak-classic.kmap.gz
>
> sometime during install
* Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070529 23:42]:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a little confused as to how to set my console keymap. I've got a
> custom keymap that suits me, and running
>
> loadkeys /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/custom.kmap
>
> gets it installed
Hi,
I'm a little confused as to how to set my console keymap. I've got a
custom keymap that suits me, and running
loadkeys /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/custom.kmap
gets it installed and running just fine. I tried to modify
/etc/init.d/keymap.sh to load it automatically, but thi
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 08:01:45PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:00:19AM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 08:01:45PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:00:19AM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > what happens when you disable your xmodmap with
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:00:19AM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > what happens when you disable your xmodmap with a "us" layout?
> >
> > Oh dear...this is disturbing...it works properly.
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:00:19AM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > what happens when you disable your xmodmap with a "us" layout?
>
> Oh dear...this is disturbing...it works properly. But...but...I
> need to have Control where Caps Lock used to
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:34:46AM -, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> and press CTRL+ALT+F1?
>
> > Well...if I do that while I'm still in the XTerm, I see...
>
> > ^[[1;7P
>
> > ...but I think that's just XTerm freaking out. When another frame
> > is focu
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that's not good. THat means X is ignoring those keystrokes and passing
> them through to Xterm.
Fortunately, "X" ignores keystrokes, so you're able to use your keyboard.
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Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> and press CTRL+ALT+F1?
> Well...if I do that while I'm still in the XTerm, I see...
> ^[[1;7P
> ...but I think that's just XTerm freaking out. When another frame
> is focused and I press the buttons, there is no output.
It helps to read the documentat
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:40:02PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > What do you see if you disable your workaround, run
> >
> > > tail -fn0 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> >
> > > and press CTRL+ALT+F1?
>
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:40:02PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What do you see if you disable your workaround, run
>
> > tail -fn0 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> > and press CTRL+ALT+F1?
>
> Well...if I do that while I'm still in the XTerm, I see...
>
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (My apologies if we went over this already. I have now totally lost
> track of the various branches of this thread.)
It's okay. Also, appreciated.
> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 00:26:29 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > On
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 00:26:29 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:09:42PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 00:41:32 +0100, David Claughton wrote:
> > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > > I am afraid it is time to sta
David Claughton wrote:
> Amy Templeton wrote:
> >
> > P.S.: When did the thread title get changed, anyway? I
> >guess I missed that.
> >
> If you mean the 'SOLVED' tag, I'm afraid that'd be me. I guess I'd
> forgotton I was riding on your thread, I probably
> shouldn't have implied tha
implied that the entire issue was resolved. Sorry.
Dave.
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Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:09:42PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 00:41:32 +0100, David Claughton wrote:
> > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > I am afraid it is time to start grasping at straws now:
> > >> - try "gb" instead of "uk" for XkbLay
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:09:42PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 00:41:32 +0100, David Claughton wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > I am afraid it is time to start grasping at straws now:
> >> - try "gb" instead of "uk" for XkbLayout
> >
> > Well, would you believe it
Florian Kulzer wrote:
I think I understand now why it did not work: There is more to this
keysym business than what meets the eye ... [snipped very informative
explanation]
Great work, Florian! I always find it fascinating when I get a glimpse
into how something works "under the covers".
in that directory:
$ awk '//,/};/' /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
key {
type="CTRL+ALT",
symbols[Group1]= [ F1, XF86_Switch_VT_1 ]
};
[...]
> > > I should also mention that once I have switched VT using Shift-F1, I can
> > > switch back
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 00:41:32 +0100, David Claughton wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > I am afraid it is time to start grasping at straws now:
>> - try "gb" instead of "uk" for XkbLayout
>
> Well, would you believe it - that fixed the problem!
>
> I still can't quite believe it was as simple a
"
> > Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> > Driver "kbd"
> > Option "CoreKeyboard"
> > Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> > Option "XkbModel"
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> I am afraid it is time to start grasping at straws now:
- try "gb" instead of "uk" for XkbLayout
Well, would you believe it - that fixed the problem!
I still can't quite believe it was as simple as that.
Thanks a lot for your help :-)
Dave.
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"Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option
I get this ...
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel&
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 02:09:10 +0100, David Claughton wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>> Check what is assigned to keycode 67. I see this:
>> $ xmodmap -pk | egrep '^[ ]+67 '
>> 67 0xffbe (F1) 0x1008fe01 (XF86_Switch_VT_1)
>> If your output looks different then you can try if
>> x
So I did some follow-through and read through a bit of the
sudoers manual, and added the following to the line for my
username to the system /etc/sudoers file (using visudo, of
course):
Code:
___
NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/chvt
___
...which allows me to successful
Florian Kulzer wrote:
Check what is assigned to keycode 67. I see this:
$ xmodmap -pk | egrep '^[ ]+67 '
67 0xffbe (F1) 0x1008fe01 (XF86_Switch_VT_1)
If your output looks different then you can try if
xmodmap -e 'keycode 67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1'
restores the VT switching.
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 04:31:53PM EDT, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 16:03:42 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > Check what is assigned to keycode 67. I see this:
> >
> > > $ xmodmap -pk | egrep '^[ ]+67 '
> > > 67 0xffbe (F1) 0x1008fe01
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 16:03:42 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > Check what is assigned to keycode 67. I see this:
>
> > $ xmodmap -pk | egrep '^[ ]+67 '
> > 67 0xffbe (F1) 0x1008fe01 (XF86_Switch_VT_1)
>
> > If your output looks different then you can try
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> Check what is assigned to keycode 67. I see this:
> $ xmodmap -pk | egrep '^[ ]+67 '
> 67 0xffbe (F1) 0x1008fe01 (XF86_Switch_VT_1)
> If your output looks different then you can try if
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1'
> restores the VT sw
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