> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, pbs wrote: > gives the error: > Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
Well I've worked that one out from another post in the archive: : These files should reside in /etc/X11/xkb and there should be a symlink to : this directory at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb. If you don't have these files : I'd suggest reinstalling the XFree packages with the cygwin setup. The : XFree86-etc packaged should contain the files. The symbolic link /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb was broken. I've fixed it and the error message Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap has gone away. Without a config file, the log file now reads: (==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809), type "4" (EE) No primary keyboard configured (==) Using compiletime defaults for keyboard BUT the characters at the login prompt are still US :-( On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Alexander Gottwald wrote: > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, pbs wrote: > >> 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] > > Which version of XFree86 is installed? > > cygcheck -c XFree86-bin > cygcheck -c XFree86-etc Cygwin Package Information Package Version XFree86-bin 4.2.0-3 Cygwin Package Information Package Version XFree86-etc 4.2.0-1 > > >> The log file "/tmp/XWinrl.log" contains the following error: >> (==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809), >> type "4" > > The configfile is not required. Your keyboard layout is preconfigured in > the xserver. Thanks for the info I've moved the config file out of the way. [snip] > is /tmp mounted in textmode? I have no idea what this means. (I'll RTFM....) Ah! I see! How I dislike the VMS way of doing things! > mount -b c:/windows/temp /tmp > > is the layout correct after switching to binmode? Yes it works keys are what I expect them to be :-) Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated. Regards Philip