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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: xkbd problem in KDE-2, (was kde-1.1.2)
From:       Bronek Baraniecki <brunocs () at ! pl>
Date:       2001-03-29 18:43:26
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I'm sorry, some mishmash with maill.


Hi, Erik,

I appreciate with pleasure your kinde response, and 
apologise  for not to answer emediately, I was busy with 
some home activities. 

Just before receiving your email, I have upgraded my 
XFree86-4.0.1 (for RedHat 7.0) to XFree86-4.0.2 and 
suddenly polish keymap appeared in moste KDE and Gnome 
applications. In Kmail too.

But, --- there is very important "but". 

My main, preferred application I am working in, is Lyx, 
editor fo Latex. Berore upgrading xfree86, I have no 
problem with international keyboard in Lyx, no diference in 
KDE, Gnome or other window manager. 

Normally I use "RightAlt" key as "ModeShift" to write 
polish diacritics, and then it was OK. But now is not. Now 
in Lyx "RightAlt" is dead, on KDE and other WM. And I do 
not know why? I am trying deferent configuration in 
XFree86Config with "XkbModel", "XkbLayout", etc. without 
success.

This is really a magic world of freedom, --- I mean using 
free sources OS.

In addition will say, that may Locale in general is set OK, 
now problem on console. In /etc/ X11/XF86Config options for 
keyboard appear to be also OK. So I do not know where is 
now a reason for a dead RightAlt key.

If you may guess it out, you'll be graet!

Best greetings,

Bruno

On ?ro 28. Marzec 2001 00:26, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I take it from your second posting that you are having
> trouble with the keycodes in KDE 2.1-1 and not in
> KDE 1.1.2 as you state in your subject line.
>
> Anyway, the international keymaps disappeared from
> my setup too when I upgraded KDE to some 2.1 beta
> some time before Christmas -- but they magically
> reappeared three weeks ago when I finally upgraded
> to the stable version (for Mandrake 7.2). In other words,
> they still exist and one solution to your problem may
> be to upgrade once more.
>
> But in the meantime: have you checked the  XkbLayout
> line in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 or
> /etc/X11/XF86Config? X should be able to give you the
> keyboard you need without intervention from KDE (even if
> it won't let you switch between layouts as easily). If
> you are using XFree86-4.x.x your XkbLayout line should
> probably read:
>
> 	Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
>
> And if you are using an earlier version of XFree the line
> (in /etc/X11/XF86Config) should be:
>
> 	XkbLayout   "pl"
>
> Try "PL_pl" or "pl_PL" if the above doesn't work.
>
> If you still don't get the right keycodes you might
> consider writing your own Xmodmap -- have a look at the
> Intkeyb HOWTO at
>
> 	<http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Intkeyb.html>
>
> On the other hand, if you have a newer version of X it
> probably tries to use xkb instead of xmodmap, and in that
> case you might check that you have a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb or a /etc/X11/xkb directory. When
> I recently upgraded X, the installer program renamed
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb-old
> without installing a new version -- which my keyboard
> layout did not like at all. I renamed it back and (to be
> on the safe side) made a link to it in /etc, and all is
> well again.
>
> Good luck
>
> Erik

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Bronek Baraniecki
brunocs@at.pl
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