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Re: xmodmap, xkb and XF86Config
Alexander Gottwald <alexander.gottwald@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
> you can try starting XWin with the extra parameters "+kb -xkbmap fr"
> This should enable the xkb extension and sets the language to french
> You can use any language code you want. Please report, if it works for
> you.
it works but not out of the box as michel.demanet@transport.alstom.com
has told me after i asked the same question here - the problem seems to
be that XWin likes to have the "-xkbmap" files to be in /tmp - so doing
the following should work (example here for a german keyboard - look
for your name instead of "de" in the xfree86 keymap file)
# xkbcomp -xkm -m de /usr/X11R6/lib/xkb/keymap/xfree86 /tmp/de.xkm
# XWin -xkbmap de ... other options ...
i think this should definitely go into the FAQ!
hope that helps and thanks again to michel demanet for pointing this
out
t
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