slackware13-RC1: how to setup up a german keyboard?

wingevil · 07-04-2009, 04:35 AM

yesterday I installed slackware13 rc1. After the installation I modified the

/etc/profile.d/lang.sh to

Code:

export LANG=de_DE.utf8
export LC_ALL=de_DE.utf8

the same in /etc/profile.d/lang.csh

I also edited the /etc/profile in the same way

and at last I edited the /etc/X11/xorg.conf to

Quote:

Option "XkbLayout" "de(nodeadkeys),de(nodeadkeys)"

As a result i got a complete german xfce BUT still with an english keyboard, either under X11 and the console.

Can anyone help me and tell me what to do to get a german keyboard-layout?

thanks in advance

Michael

gapan · 07-04-2009, 05:17 AM

I've seen this too, I need to have a greek/english keyboard and be able to switch between them. Slackware's xorgsetup created a xorg.conf that seemed to be right, but I only had an english keyboard. I didn't pay too much attention because I used my old xorg.conf (with identical keyboard section as the one xorgsetup created) and it now works OK.

But xfce also has its own keyboard configuration, which works regardless of what xorg.conf says, you can set it from somewhere in xfce settings.

titopoquito · 07-04-2009, 05:25 AM

I'm at a 12.2 box right now, but AFAIR this should work:

Copy /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ and edit it, replace "us" with your keyboard to get it functional with the X server.
EDIT: I think you have to remove the line from /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make that work.

To get German keyboard in runlevel 3 you can choose the right keymap during the install, and the installer will usually save it right. What the installer does is create the file /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap with the following content. And be sure to make the file executable (chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap).

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Load the keyboard map.  More maps are in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps.
if [ -x /usr/bin/loadkeys ]; then
  /usr/bin/loadkeys de-latin1.map
fi

The third thing you have to do is what you already did, to change /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

Ah, and I think because you use a utf8 locale you have to append the line "unicode_start" to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

w3edr5t · 07-04-2009, 05:43 AM

I had the same problem and fixed it with the same procedure as described by titopoquito.

Another thread in this forum related to xorg had this link to an Archlinux wiki page with more details:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...ut_hotplugging

Maybe this should be mentioned in CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT

w3edr5t

wingevil · 07-04-2009, 08:08 AM

In X11 it is real easy. I don't know that there now in xfce an own keyboard conf which is working at once.

I will check the other hints also.

Greetz and thanks @all

Michael