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Re: non us keyboards with cygwin, xfree86, Xwin -query XDMCP
- From: pnews at lomarline dot freeserve dot co dot uk
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 23:55:23 +1200 (NZST)
- Subject: Re: non us keyboards with cygwin, xfree86, Xwin -query XDMCP
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, pbs wrote:
> gives the error:
> Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
Well I've worked that one out from another post in the archive:
: These files should reside in /etc/X11/xkb and there should be a symlink to
: this directory at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb. If you don't have these files
: I'd suggest reinstalling the XFree packages with the cygwin setup. The
: XFree86-etc packaged should contain the files.
The symbolic link /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb was broken. I've fixed it
and the error message
Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
has gone away.
Without a config file, the log file now reads:
(==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809), type "4"
(EE) No primary keyboard configured
(==) Using compiletime defaults for keyboard
BUT the characters at the login prompt are still US :-(
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, pbs wrote:
>
>> Setup an out of the box cygwin installation with Xfree86
>> bash-prompt$ uname -a
>> CYGWIN_95-4.0 local_host 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i586[snip]
>
> Which version of XFree86 is installed?
>
> cygcheck -c XFree86-bin
> cygcheck -c XFree86-etc
Cygwin Package Information
Package Version
XFree86-bin 4.2.0-3
Cygwin Package Information
Package Version
XFree86-etc 4.2.0-1
>
>
>> The log file "/tmp/XWinrl.log" contains the following error:
>> (==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809),
>> type "4"
>
> The configfile is not required. Your keyboard layout is preconfigured in
> the xserver.
Thanks for the info I've moved the config file out of the way.
[snip]
> is /tmp mounted in textmode?
I have no idea what this means. (I'll RTFM....)
Ah! I see! How I dislike the VMS way of doing things!
> mount -b c:/windows/temp /tmp
>
> is the layout correct after switching to binmode?
Yes it works keys are what I expect them to be :-)
Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated.
Regards Philip