John Aldrich wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > Ummm,
> >
> > You've probably already checked this, but what does /etc/X11/XF86Config
> > say about your keyboard? As I recall there are several different
> > methods of setting up that "Meta" Key. If you can track down a copy of
> > the old "xf86config" program, it will interactively review most of them
> > for you.
> >
> Umm...nope. I hadn't checked. :-) Thanks. Here's the section from
> XF86Config about my keyboard:
> # **********************************************************************
> # Keyboard section
> # **********************************************************************
>
> Section "Keyboard"
>
> Protocol "Standard"
>
> # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
> # following line
>
> # Protocol "Xqueue"
>
> AutoRepeat 500 5
> # Let the server do the NumLock processing. This should only be required
> # when using pre-R6 clients
> # ServerNumLock
>
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> # Xleds 1 2 3
>
> # To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift,
> # RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:
>
> # LeftAlt Meta
> # RightAlt ModeShift
> # RightCtl Compose
> # ScrollLock ModeLock
>
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>
> # XkbDisable
>
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> # XkbModel "pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> # XkbModel "microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> # XkbLayout "de"
> # or:
> # XkbLayout "de"
> # XkbVariant "nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> # control keys, use:
> # XkbOptions "ctrl:swapcaps"
>
> # These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
> # XkbRules "xfree86"
> # XkbModel "pc101"
> # XkbLayout "us"
> # XkbVariant ""
> # XkbOptions ""
>
> XkbKeymap "xfree86(us)"
>
> EndSection
>
> What would I need to change (if anything) to get the "high-bit" ascii
> characters such as the DOS/Windows ALT+155 (cents symbol)???
> Thanks...
> John
>
> PS..I tried enabling "international keyboard" on my RH6.0 system at
> work. No success there either... 'course I didn't restart KDE...
Remove the comments from Meta and Modeshift and the other two associated
keys and from Xkbddisable
THat moves to the older way of doing things which should fit your 101
Civileme
