LinuxQuestions.org - Litlle Problem with my french keyboard mapping

i just installed the xfree86 instead of xorg
everthg works now

but the keyboard, i can get the shift_left, shift_right, and windows flag key working.

i tried to do :

xmodmap -e "keycode 50 = Shift_L"
but there is no changes
(only in xev which tells me that now instead of no key pressed, i have shift_l)
i guess it s considering it as a single key pressed, no as a switch mode key

my xfree86 keyboard part is as follows:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier        "Generic Keyboard"

        Driver                "kbd"

        Option                "CoreKeyboard"

        Option                "XkbRules"        "xorg"

        Option                "XkbModel"        "pc104"

        Option                "XkbLayout"        "fr"

        Option                "XkbVariant"        "latin9"

EndSection

i guess the xfree86 overwritted some files in xkbd config;
which ones and how to restore them ...

thank you for your help !
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I noticed now that the console keyboard (vt ) is working great.

then startx too.

Since:

Code:

gdm uses the XF86Config-4 configuration for the keyboard, while gnome uses the settings of the user (who changed via (Computer->Desktop-Preference->Keyboard), which are not system wide. Therefore you have to change the Xserver settings in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:

I did :
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

now, the gdm works with SHIFT and windows flag key
but still not ALT CTRL F1 ...
to get back to console vt ...

hmmm

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I'll try this too:

Quote:

I heard in another forum that it could be GMD's start-up position. So I changed it to be among the last programs to be started, which fixed the problem.

(So I renamed S13GDM to S99GDM in /ec/init.d/rc2.d)