I am not able to type in Russian
My computer is running Debian (Woody) with XFCE, Sylpheed for e-mail, and Galeon for web browsing. I installed KOI8 fonts, and now Galeon correctly displays Cyrillic text inthe Debian-Russian mailing list archive. I am able to select KOI8 fonts in Sylpheed. But, I am not able to type cyrillic alphabet. I installed the xruskb package (and removed the xkb package), and I believe that xruskb contains the keyboard maps that I need. I do not understand the instructions included in the xruskb package. Would someone please tell me how to switch between English and Russian keyboard maps? Thanks, Harold Crouch harold.cmh.net
Re: I am not able to type in Russian
Harold Crouch wrote: I am able to select KOI8 fonts in Sylpheed. But, I am not able to type cyrillic alphabet. I installed the xruskb package (and removed the xkb package), and I believe that xruskb contains the keyboard maps that I need. I do not understand the instructions included in the xruskb package. Would someone please tell me how to switch between English and Russian keyboard maps? With woody xruskb package doesn't need. Simply add (check) this section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules""xfree86" Option "XkbModel""pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "ru" Option "XkbOptions" grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" EndSection RUS/LAT switch is Ctrl+Shift, ScrollLock led is indicator. -- Pavel Andreew Ekaterinburg Telegraph
Re: I am not able to type in Russian
> I am able to select KOI8 fonts in Sylpheed. But, I am not able to > type cyrillic alphabet. I installed the xruskb package (and removed > the xkb package), and I believe that xruskb contains the keyboard maps > that I need. I do not understand the instructions included in the > xruskb package. Am I understand you right that you can switch, but cannot type? And typing on the keyboard produces no result other than beeps? After switching back to english typing works fine? In such a case you have to set correct locale by command. export LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R You also must have russian locale generated. Edit /etc/locale.gen, then generate locales with locale-gen. I reccomend setting locale somewhere in init-scripts before loading X. Good luck.