Setup an out of the box cygwin installation with Xfree86 bash-prompt$ uname -a CYGWIN_95-4.0 local_host 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i586[snip]
Question Short version: ---------------------- With or without: /etc/x11/XF86Config-4 installed with Option "XkbLayout" "gb" gives the error: Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap What do I have to do to get Xwin.exe to read the gb XKB keymap?
Question Long version: ---------------------- My cygwin bash pompt is configured for a "gb" keyboard -- If I press the @ key I get an "@".
If I run the following command from a bash prompt Xwin.exe -emulate3buttons -query remote_host &
The log file "/tmp/XWinrl.log" contains the following error:
(==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809), type "4"
(EE) No primary keyboard configured
(==) Using compiletime defaults for keyboard
Rules = "xfree86" Model = "pc105" Layout = "gb" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)"
Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
If I open an xterm and press the "@" key I get a double quote key -- which is to be expected with the above error as it is what a US key mapping gives.
I have gone throught archive and the previous thread which came closes to answering my question was: the post by Alexander Gottwald http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-02/msg00185.html with a URL to a minimal XF86Config http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/XF86Config.bz2
I have installed the file as /etc/x11/XF86Config-4 then uncommented
and modified the lines
# Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
to
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"Now when I run:
Xwin.exe -emulate3buttons -query remote_host &
The log file contains:
[snip]
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
[snip]
(==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809), type "4"
(**) Using keyboard "Keyboard1" as primary keyboard
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
(**) XKB: layout: "gb"
Rules = "xfree86" Model = "pc105" Layout = "gb" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)"
Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
What do I have to do to get Xwin.exe to read the gb XKB keymap?
BTW: Yes I know that I can run xmodmap as a client application. But I would like to get the correct keyboard into the server without doing this, so that the remote login clients(s) have access to the correct key bindings.
Regards Philip
