Re: xmodmap, xkb and XF86Config

[thomas graichen <list-cygwin dot xfree at spoiled dot org>]

Robert Legros <robert_legros@yahoo.com> wrote:
> More information after what Laurent Pinchart,
> Alexander Gottwald and thomas graichen have said and
> written ...

> Please keep it simple, guys !

> First, when you have installed Cygwin/XFree86
> version 4.1.0, copy the file xinitrc in your home
> directory :
>     cp -p /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

> Then edit this new file and add the following line
> just before the window manager startup line (twm) :
>     setxkbmap be

> 'be' (for Belgium) has to be replaced by your own
> keyboard country code.

> That's all !

yes - but not if you want to query an xdm via xdmcp and want to
be able to use the same session from a machine with a us and from
a non us keyboard ... the problem with all the xmodmap setxkbmap
etc. settings is: they have to be set from an x-client which
you may not nesecary have available in a reproducable session
if you are querying via xdmcp (see above situation) - the real
solution is only to set the keyboard from the server (via cmdline
or configfile or whatever) itself - so you set it from where also
the keyboard is you want to set it for ...

t

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