Workaround for foreign keyboard problem to be entered in FAQ section 4.1.6
Hi all: I recently hit the foreign keyboard problem described in section 4.1.6 of the Cygwin/X FAQ. That is, I started with: $ setxkbmap.exe de -model pc105 Couldn't interpret _XKB_RULES_NAMES property [...] and then I tried what the FAQ said, but I got the following error: $ xkbcomp -w 3 -xkm -m de /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 localhost:0.0 Error:Can't find file xfree86 for keycodes include Exiting Abandoning keycodes file it I googled for it, and after a while, I found the solution: I had the same problem... By copying the /etc/X11/xkb directory into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb It seems to work pretty well now... (just in case, I renamed the existing file C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\xkb.lnk beforehand to xkb.bak.lnk before copying over) I don't know enough about Cygwin to realise how and why that is; all I know is, when I copy that directory, my German keyboard works fine in my X apps. I'm not sure if it's a bug that could be fixed, but the FAQ entry could be updated to help people like me. Who's maintaining the FAQ? Many thanks, Ruben __ Ihre erste Baustelle? Wissenswertes für Bastler und Hobby Handwerker. www.yahoo.de/clever -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Workaround for foreign keyboard problem to be entered in FAQ section 4.1.6
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: I recently hit the foreign keyboard problem described in section 4.1.6 of the Cygwin/X FAQ. That is, I started with: $ setxkbmap.exe de -model pc105 Couldn't interpret _XKB_RULES_NAMES property [...] and then I tried what the FAQ said, but I got the following error: $ xkbcomp -w 3 -xkm -m de /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 localhost:0.0 Error:Can't find file xfree86 for keycodes include Exiting Abandoning keycodes file it I googled for it, and after a while, I found the solution: I had the same problem... By copying the /etc/X11/xkb directory into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb It seems to work pretty well now... (just in case, I renamed the existing file C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\xkb.lnk beforehand to xkb.bak.lnk before copying over) I don't know enough about Cygwin to realise how and why that is; all I know is, when I copy that directory, my German keyboard works fine in my X apps. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJFFM I'm not sure if it's a bug that could be fixed, but the FAQ entry could be updated to help people like me. Who's maintaining the FAQ? No one at the moment. :-( Would you be interested in taking it up? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
