ken wrote: > On 05/26/2007 03:38 PM somebody named Jan Karjalainen wrote: > >> ken wrote: >> >>> On 05/26/2007 08:48 AM somebody named Jan Karjalainen wrote: >>> >>> >>>> ken wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 05/26/2007 08:01 AM somebody named Jan Karjalainen wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> All the keyboard layouts in my openSUSE 10.2 are gone. >>>>>> No special characters or keys work, and Keyboard Layout in YaST shows no >>>>>> layouts available. >>>>>> How do I get the keyboard layouts back? >>>>>> >>>>>> /J >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Assuming your using a PC, do you have any files or directories under >>>>> /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/ gives: >>>> azerty dvorak fgGIod include qwerty qwertz >>>> >>>> The qwerty directory contains the keymap I need (sv-latin1.map.gz). >>>> >>>> >>> Okay. So then what happens when you run (as root) >>> >>> /etc/init.d/kbd status >>> >>> and >>> >>> /etc/init.d/kbd start >>> >>> ?? >>> >>> >>> >>> >> /etc/init.d/kbd status >> Keymap /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/sv-latin1.map.gz is loaded. >> >> /etc/init.d/kbd start >> This gives not output. >> >> The YaST Keyboard Layout app is completely empty of any layouts... >> Typing of international and special characters won't work, especially >> those that require the Alt key. >> > > Switch to a console (text-only) screen and see if the keyboard works there. > > > I logged out (as ctrl+alt+f1 won't work) and logged in to the console, and there the keyboard mapping works! After running "startx" and waiting for KDE to load, the keyboard mapping is gone.
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