Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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> From: Guyren G Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 17:24:49 -0800
> To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: startx hell
> 
> startx won't run. It gives me:
> 
> System: '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm
> -m us -em1 "The XKEBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: " -emp "? " -em1
> "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server keymap/xfree86
> compiled/xfree86.xkm'
> 
> Figuring that this is because I have no keymap installed, I searched the
> Debian package system for a keymap thingy. I found console-tools. However,
> when I do
> 
> apt-get install console-tools
> 
> I get a character-mode (ncurses?) display labelled "Debian Configuration"
> and then "Configuring Console-data", which is asking me what keyboard layout
> I want (qwerty, azerty, etc). However, this script does *nothing*. No
> keystroke has any effect except for Ctrl-C.
> 
> So: how do I get startx to happen?
> 
> TIA
> 

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