Hi,
I want to use inglish and russian letters and be able to switch between them. When I asked Google, it refer to file /etc/sysconfig,
but in my computer it is a directory !
There is a file ¨keyboard¨ there :
/etc/sysconfig > more keyboard
KEYBOARDTYPE="pc"
KEYTABLE="us-acentos"

What shall I do to use my international keyboard?
(It is Genius keyboard)

Thanks,
- Alexander Vlassov

use SCIM ...you can switch between different keyboard layouts.

What is SCIM and how to use it?
Can you explain in more detailes, please ?

From a quick browse of my synaptic, it reads "Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) is an input method (IM) platform." An Internet search gave the following site for SCIM. An older, and perhaps more complete site, is located here.

I saw this site ... but it is no help to me.
I need the instruction what to do , step by step.
Sorry, I am not experienced user.

Hi Modest,

first install scim devel. For that .........DOWNLOAD SCIM ..click here
commands for installing ... Now install Russian language . For that .... DOWNLOAD SCIM russian language ...click here

commands for installing ... If you don't run your desktop in an Asian locale, you need to run:

to have scim start by default on your desktop.

Good Luck

Thank you, Raji,
Iĺl try ... ;-)

Hi,
when I did try to install scim-devel :
[modest1] ~ > rpm -ivh scim-devel-1.4.4-1.fc3.i386.rpm
warning: scim-devel-1.4.4-1.fc3.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1ac70ce6
error: Failed dependencies:
scim-libs = 1.4.4-1.fc3 is needed by scim-devel-1.4.4-1.fc3.i386
I tried
setenv scim-libs 1.4.4-1.fc3
but it did not help
- Alex

I used APPLICATION - ADD/REMOVE software , search scim and mark all exept chiness and other
unusual languges.
And try to installl... It said that some other packages needed, but install it finally.
So, what now?

I tried
[modest1] ~ > Smart Common Input Method 1.4.4

Launching a SCIM daemon with Socket FrontEnd...
Loading simple Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Reading pinyin phrase lib failed
Loading socket FrontEnd module ...
Starting SCIM as daemon ...
Launching a SCIM process with x11...
Loading socket Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Loading x11 FrontEnd module ...
GTK Panel of SCIM 1.4.4

Starting SCIM ...

ps shows
[modest1] ~ > ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
21498 pts/2 00:00:00 tcsh
21570 pts/2 00:00:00 scim
21573 pts/2 00:00:00 scim-launcher
21642 pts/2 00:00:00 ps
...
And thatś it !

Whatś missing ?

Because you are able to run SCIM, for some time leave all those messages.

see your tray ... do you have " a keyboard" icon ..!! or not ??

right click on it, SCIM setup -> Im engine, Global setup -> select only your favorite languge.

uncheck remaining languages.

you can switch between languages. There are some hot key's to open SCIM they are ctrl + space, shift + space ..etc.

Hi raju,
I do not see the icon.
More over, my quatations do not work properly - it is something else
´see´ ¨ I have to type twice to see anything and it is not what I want¨

You don't need SCIM to type in Russian!

If EL5 is Red Hat, you are presumably using the Gnome desktop. You can install more than one keyboard driver via the menu, using System - Preferences -Hardware -Keyboard - Layouts. To switch between them, add the Keyboard Indicator to the panel, and use that.

Other desktops will have similar facilities. If you're just using a window manager, then use setxkbmap from the command line to switch layouts. If you are not using a GUI, use loadkeys.

Alexander , tell us what ( distro) and where (xwindow /terminal) u are using. if u are on EL5 - you should have license - so u can use yum and repos to search for the rpms..

I fixed the problem with quotations - set the keyboard type to english instead of english international.
I do have a license for el5 (it is corporative one).
How can I use yum to see a "keyboard" icon? ;-)
I supposed to install scam alreday... I see scim in /usr/bin :
--rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28452 May 6 2008 /usr/bin/scim*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36752 May 6 2008 /usr/bin/scim-config-agent*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179720 Jul 13 2006 /usr/bin/scim-make-table*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 351 May 6 2008 /usr/bin/scim-restart*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1106 May 6 2008 /usr/bin/scim-setup*

All I probably need - to lanch the icon ...how ?


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Sorry, forgot to tell that I use kde as a window manager