From kde-linux  Wed Oct 06 18:02:51 2004
From: Rex Dieter <rdieter () math ! unl ! edu>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:02:51 +0000
To: kde-linux
Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Kxkb
Message-Id: <4164334B.5030101 () math ! unl ! edu>
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-linux&m=109708580317892

Jan Simonson wrote:

> Since upgrading to FC2 and thus to xorg I was unable to switch 
> keyboard with Kxkb. The program opened, but all fields were blank and 
> no input possible. Today I solved the problem and as it's quite 
> simple and others also may have this problem here is the fix:
> 
> In /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/ make two softlinks:
> [root@oden rules]# ln -s xorg.xml xfree86.xml
> [root@oden rules]# ln -s xorg.lst xfree86.lst
> I had a link from xorg to xfree86. If you are missing it make that one 
> as well:
> [root@oden rules]# ln -s xorg xfree86
> 
> After restarting Kxkb all was back to normal. It seems that Kxkb only 
> looks for xfree86, not xorg, so a few links will solve the problem 
> until Kxkb is updated.

See
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80970
for a more "proper" (IMO) fix.

-- Rex



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