> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 9:18 PM > From: "Christopher Gregory via blfs-support" > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org > Cc: "Christopher Gregory" <christopher.greg...@mail.com> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] gdm: how to use a non us keyboard? > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 6:21 PM > > From: "Christopher Gregory via blfs-support" > > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org > > Cc: "Christopher Gregory" <christopher.greg...@mail.com> > > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] gdm: how to use a non us keyboard? > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 12:56 PM > > > From: "Ken Moffat via blfs-support" > > > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > > To: "BLFS Support List" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > > Cc: "Ken Moffat" <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> > > > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] gdm: how to use a non us keyboard? > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 09:39:41PM +0200, Pierre Labastie via > > > blfs-support wrote: > > > > Will try using obconf in lxde. > > > > > > > > Pierre > > > > > > Hi Pierre, > > > > > > not sure if https://issues.guix.info/issue/35118 might help for gdm. > > > > > > Some of the details look to be very specific to guix, but in patch 2 > > > localed is extracted from systemd and an xkeyboard patch is added. > > > > > > But all the wiring-up seems to be specific to how guix do things. > > > > > > ĸen > > > -- > > > Adopted by dwarfs, brought up by dwarfs. To dwarfs I'm a dwarf, sir. > > > I can do the rite of k'zakra, I know the secrets of h'ragna, I can > > > ha'lk my g'rakha correctly ... I am a dwarf > > > Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson (in The Fifth Elephant) > > > -- > > > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support[http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support] > > > FAQ: > > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html[http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html] > > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > > > > > > Hello Pierre, > > > > First of all I will say this, that gdm I have NEVER got to work with the > > desktop environment being stored in /opt. When I was adding gnome to the > > very first book that Armin and I were creating, we both tried for weeks to > > get it to work, and failed. Not even the gnome developers own build tool > > was able to make it work. I seriously doubt that it would be able to be > > made to work now. The gnome developers are too far stuck up their own > > assholes for that to happen. > > > > Please do not take this the wrong way, but I am including a screenshot of > > what my settings looks like in blfs 8.4, fully working and functioning on > > systemd. > > > > That is what is presented after pressing the login button. If there is no > > login button there, then there is something very seriously wrong with the > > install. Is gnome-settings-daemon working correctly? > > > > Regards, > > > > Christopher.-- > > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > > > Hello Pierre, > > I just had a thought. When you use gdm have you selected gnome to run on > xorg? The reason I ask, is that the default setting, is to run it on > wayland, and this can cause some weirdness to occur. > > Regards, > > Christopher. > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
Hello Pierre, I have just located an old arch thread (2014) that says to do the following for wayland export XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT=fr Regards, Christopher. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
