Bug#357480: xlibs: Confusion between latam and la keyboard layouts
Hey! sorry for taking so long to respond. To be honest I've no idea, since I changed jobs and i've been lucky enough to install debian only on computers with spanish (es) keyboards, which work flawlessly. Regards, Daniel > Hi Daniel, > > About a year ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding a > confusion between latam and la keyboard layouts. Does this problem still > matter today? With Xorg/Etch? > > Thanks, > Brice > > > > !DSPAM:3,46019919321628110514346! > >
Bug#357480: A bit of clarification
Sorry, it looks like I didn't directly answer Denis's question. To clarify, I believe the tool that incorrectly assumes that "la" means "latinamerican" would be the installer; it's the tool that asked me to select the keyboard layout from a list; I picked latinamerican and the installation configured the rest of the system with what it believes to be a latinamerican keyboard; the layout is identified, according to the installer, as "la". This assumption works out to be incorrect in the particular case of X configuration, and this is where the problem lies. However, it was the "la" file within xlibs that was changed to "latam" and the Laos layout installed as "la". And since dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg assumes the user knows what he's doing, there's no list to choose from, just a free capture field; the user, assuming he knows, because that's the way it's been for as long as I can remember, inputs "la" for a latinamerican keyboard, and trouble ensues once again. As Daniel Stone pointed out, it might be a matter of updating other tools to honor the same kb layout naming convention systemwide; after all, he's correct indicating that "la" corresponds to the ISO country code for Laos. Latin America isn't a country anyway :) It would also be nice if dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg showed a selection list with available layouts and descriptions, similar to the one seen at system installation. When I first had the problem I knew it was a keyboard layout problem, but without indication that "la" now meant "Laos" I had no idea I was inputting a different layout than the one I wanted. Thanks again, and I hope I'm not being too verbose! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#357480: xlibs: Confusion between latam and la keyboard
Sure. During initial system installation a list of keyboard layouts comes up. I select "latinamerican" from this list and as I mentioned, text mode gets configured correctly for latin american keyboard. When I start X, I find that the layout is incorrect (typing gives garbage). I had to do some digging to find out how to work around this problem. What I had to do is run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". This brings up a series of questions about server configuration. At some point I get a prompt asking to "please select keyboard layout" with a text field. Now, it used to be the case that "la" meant "latin american", and this is how the system installation configures it. However, for X, the latinamerican layout is called "latam" (which is what should be entered here) and "la" now corresponds to laos; this is where the problem originates. Layout files are apparently in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc ; I checked them and found out about the problem by reading "la" which contains some references to Laos. Thanks a lot for looking into this problem! - Daniel > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 09:16:35AM -0600, Daniel Manrique wrote: >> Package: xlibs >> Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 >> Severity: important >> >> >> For some reason the xlibs package has a "la" keyboard layout >> corresponding to the "Laos" keyboard; this is different from the rest >> of the system configuration which assumes "la" means "latinamerican". >> Thus, when initially configuring the system and selecting "la", one >> gets a latinamerican layout in text mode, but a Laos keyboard in >> graphical mode, thus rendering X effectively unusable. > > Can you please tell which tool assumes that "la" means "latinamerican"? > > Denis > > > !DSPAM:3,441b1ae1123693641762791! > >
