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xserver german keyboard
- From: Erik Thiele <erik at thiele-hydraulik dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:19:23 +0200
- Subject: xserver german keyboard
- Organization: Thiele-Hydraulik
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi.
I am using WIN 98 SE and the current cygwin and cygwin xfree.
i want to use the x server for doing remote XDMCP onto my linux servers.
i click onto the original cygwin icon on the desktop and get a shell.
there i type:
/usr/X11R6/bin/XWin.exe -query roylewis
which works fine, but with US keyboard layout. not german! i.e. Y and Z are
exchanged.
now look if i do:
strace /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin.exe -query roylewis
then it works! german keyboard layout. this VERY strange behaviour
is reproducible.
in the past i experienced strange behaviour, sometimes the server is german,
sometimes it is us. seems to be a timing issue. i don't understand.
please explain how to set german keyboard!
i cannot find a commandline option and the FAQ entry with the xf86config file,
which by default does not exist, seems to be without effect. just exactly the
same result as without the XF86Config in /etc/X11 with "de" keyboard.
cu & thx
Erik
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Erik Thiele