On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 07:35:21PM +0800, Adam Q wrote: > There is a X server for win32 which doesn't support XKB extension(I > know it's unbelievable). > > There is something strange when I try to use the > gnome-keyboard-properties and system-config-keyboard to change the X > server's keyboard layout. > > When using gnome-keyboard-properties,the input of keyboard goes crazy > and can't be used. > When using system-config-keyboard the CLI just prints something like > "XKB extension unsupported" and nothing changed including the keyboard > layout. > > I tested serveral X server from the latest Xorg server in Arch and > some old Xorg server in RHEL5.6/5.5 also with latest cygwin/X. > All the servers I tested above can change the keyboard using these 2 GUI. > > I assume the problem is the lack of XKB extension but without XKB > extension,the client should just send a lot of ChangeKeyboardLayout > requests (and wireshark shows it really sends) to X server,and the > layout should change even without the XKB extension and no crazy > keyboard. > > How can I determine where the problem really is?
possibly with xmodmap to get the keyboard mapping before/after and maybe xscope or something to snoop the protocol traffic. though a server without XKB support is not really high on the priority list for server or client developers and I expect this to be a rather untested scenario. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com