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drigz

08-19-2004 05:19 PM

X.org keyboard layout problem

I live in Britain, and so want a British keyboard layout. However, although xorg.conf says to use a gb layout (see below), it doesn't. I can fix it by changing the rules xfree from xorg, but then I get an error on opening X. Here are the relevant lines from xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Keyboard0"

        Driver      "keyboard"

        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"

        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"

        Option      "XkbLayout" "gb"

EndSection

320mb

08-19-2004 05:44 PM

I guess you need to create a symlink...................

Code:

ln -s path/to/keymap /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz

where path/to/keymap would be the layout you need, like--
i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz.

look thru those directories and find the layout you want to use......

drigz

08-20-2004 05:16 AM

Done - no difference. BTW, in normal console only mode (no X) I have the uk keymap.

BinaryLinux

08-20-2004 06:47 AM

My keyboard section is similar to yours except yours has more lines, heres mine for you to try.

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier "Keyboard1"

    Driver "Keyboard"

    Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

EndSection

drigz

08-20-2004 07:27 AM

I fixed it - GNOME was arbitrating the keyboard layout, so I had to change in in Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Keyboard.

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