Re: Workaround for foreign keyboard problem to be entered in FAQ section 4.1.6
rdiezmail-cygwinxfree 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) ... Well, I _think_ I know what has happened here as it happened to me as well. I had to copy my cygwin environment, and I made a copy on a DVD (of my whole c:\cygwin directory), and re-installed on a freshly created system. When this is being done, I believe all symbolic links, that Windows doesn't know about are being changed to Windows shortcuts with a .lnk extension. Hence, what used to be real (from a cygwin perspective) symbolic links named e.g. xkb are changed into Windows shortcuts and renamed xkb.lnk during this process. Subsequently, X doesn't start properly and you can e.g. not use the setxkbmap command. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Workaround-for-foreign-keyboard-problem-to-be-entered-in-FAQ-section-4.1.6-tp13797565p14730929.html Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
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/
