Re: Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: Okay, try 4.3.0-52. It now has a warning on startup if you pass it -xf86config as you did in your example above. The presence or absence warning window would indicate that you do or do not have 4.3.0-52. I've upgraded to -54 and it did issue the warning. After removing the -xf86config option from startxwin.bat, my xmodmap settings from my initial post work nevertheless, i.e. AltGr works also under Solaris 2.6. :-) Walter
Re: Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: Well, I forgot to mention that I've edited startxwin.bat to start XFree86 like this (on one line): start XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -xf86config C:\cygwin\etc\X11\XF86Config Doesn't matter. The code for parsing XF86Config files is no longer present in the executable. It was just a mistake that an error is not raised when the -xf86config option is used when XF86Config support has not been compiled in. Odd. However, I'm getting suspicious that I was (am?) not using -51 after all because it did make a difference if the RightAlt Option wasn't set. I'll double check and report again. Regards, Walter
Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
Hi! Finally I managed to figure out howto make the AltGr key work on my German keyboard under Solaris 2.6 and Cygwin XFree86 (tested with 4.3.0-51)! :-) The at '@' and pipe '|' and all other AltGr keys work for me, even the Euro-Sign if I use a iso-8859-15 font. Here is the howto: 1. Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config You need to _uncomment_ the following line in section InputDevices: Option RightAlt ModeSwitch Restart your X-Server to apply the change. 2. Modify your keymap: I'm using the following .xmodmaprc below. Please have a look at the notes too! --cut-- ! ! Make AltGr work with Solaris 2.6 and Cygwin XFree86 ! ! Prerequisite: Add or uncomment the following line in section ! InputDevices of /etc/X11/XF86Config : ! !Option RightAlt ModeSwitch ! ! NOTE: Newer OS, such as Solaris versions (8 and 9), Linux or Cygwin ! do NOT need this fix! ! ! --- ! ! assign modifier key ! ! for modern OS (Solaris 8, Linux, Cygwin, etc) !keycode 113 = ISO_Level3_Shift Multi_key ! ! for ancient Solaris 2.6 keycode 113 = Mode_switch ! ! remap keys ! ! NOTE: Keycodes (list with 'modmap -pke') under Exceed 8.0 differ ! from Cygwin XFree86. Odd. Therefore, check the values! ! keycode 11 = 2 quotedbl twosuperior keycode 12 = 3 section threesuperior keycode 16 = 7 slash braceleft keycode 17 = 8 parenleft bracketleft keycode 18 = 9 parenright bracketright keycode 19 = 0 equal braceright keycode 20 = ssharp question backslash keycode 21 = acute grave keycode 24 = q Q at keycode 26 = e E currency keycode 35 = plus asterisk asciitilde keycode 49 = asciicircum degree keycode 58 = m M mu keycode 94 = less greater bar --cut-- NOTES: * Save this as your ~/.xmodmaprc or save it and run 'xmodmap filename' in your shell startup script. * I've found that the keycodes are _not_ identical and depend on your OS and/or X-Server (can somebody clearify this?). The values above work for me, but you'd better verify the keycodes with 'modmap -pke' if they match yours. * If 'currency' is not defined, try 'EuroSign' or '0x00a4'. Hope that helps. Comments are welcome. Walter
Re: Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Alexander Gottwald wrote: Hm. 4.3.0-51 does not read XF86Config. So this seems to be not needed. Well, I forgot to mention that I've edited startxwin.bat to start XFree86 like this (on one line): start XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -xf86config C:\cygwin\etc\X11\XF86Config Regards, Walter
Re: Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Walter Haidinger wrote: Hi! Finally I managed to figure out howto make the AltGr key work on my German keyboard under Solaris 2.6 and Cygwin XFree86 (tested with 4.3.0-51)! :-) The at '@' and pipe '|' and all other AltGr keys work for me, even the Euro-Sign if I use a iso-8859-15 font. Here is the howto: 1. Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config You need to _uncomment_ the following line in section InputDevices: Option RightAlt ModeSwitch Hm. 4.3.0-51 does not read XF86Config. So this seems to be not needed. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
Walter Haidinger wrote: On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Alexander Gottwald wrote: Hm. 4.3.0-51 does not read XF86Config. So this seems to be not needed. Well, I forgot to mention that I've edited startxwin.bat to start XFree86 like this (on one line): start XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -xf86config C:\cygwin\etc\X11\XF86Config Doesn't matter. The code for parsing XF86Config files is no longer present in the executable. It was just a mistake that an error is not raised when the -xf86config option is used when XF86Config support has not been compiled in. Harold
