keymap problem with X

2008-03-07 Thread Riccardo Magliocchetti
[please cc me, i'm not subscribed] Hi, I can't get an usb keyboard working in X in debian etch. The x is started from root user (not great i know). The keyboard works fine in virtual terminals. I've tried to manually compile the keymap, but the link get deleted on X start. setxkbmap -rules xfre

Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

2007-04-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 15:45:42 -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:28:07 -0400, I wrote: > > > But I have no evidence that the fkeys are ever seen with X running. > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:19:10 +0200, Florian Kulzer replied: > > > Run "xev" and check the keysyms for CRTL, ALT

Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

2007-04-29 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 03:45:42PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:28:07 -0400, I wrote: > > > But I have no evidence that the fkeys are ever seen with X running. > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:19:10 +0200, Florian Kulzer replied: > > > Run "xev" and check the keysyms for CRTL, A

Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

2007-04-29 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:28:07 -0400, I wrote: > But I have no evidence that the fkeys are ever seen with X running. On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:19:10 +0200, Florian Kulzer replied: > Run "xev" and check the keysyms for CRTL, ALT, F1, etc. It would be > especially interesting to see what you get for th

Re: can't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

2007-04-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
ALT-Fx from a regular console. I posted this ("no virtual > terminals with fresh etch install", 1/16/07) and submitted it as bug 407228. > I never did get that straight, either, but those details are at: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407228 > > F

an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

2007-04-29 Thread Steve Kleene
itted it as bug 407228. I never did get that straight, either, but those details are at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407228 For most of this I am running X with fvwm. I wonder if this might be a keymap problem. The fkeys do work when I boot from an XP partition, and they

Re: console keymap problem

2004-05-14 Thread Robert Epprecht
Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --- Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> After the last upgrade of my Debian/sid system the keyboard layout has >> changed on the text console. > 1. This is a known issue. > 2. It's listed on the BTS [1] > 3. In short: > > mv /etc/console/bootti

Re: console keymap problem

2004-05-14 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After the last upgrade of my Debian/sid system the keyboard layout has > changed on the text console. It's especially annoying as I can't login > anymore as my password contains some changed signs. Now I want my old > keyboard layout back... Where

console keymap problem

2004-05-14 Thread Robert Epprecht
After the last upgrade of my Debian/sid system the keyboard layout has changed on the text console. It's especially annoying as I can't login anymore as my password contains some changed signs. Now I want my old keyboard layout back... Where is the keymap of the console configured? Robert PS Yes

Keymap problem after install

2002-05-31 Thread Wm. G. McGrath
Hi, I've done a fresh install of 2.2.5 and subsequently have keymap problems. The slash key (/) causes the speaker to beep and doesn't display a character in a terminal. I've spent the night looking for documentation and trying different keymaps but I get the same result. Both US and US-Latin1 don

Weird keymap problem

2002-03-21 Thread Carel Fellinger
Tired of stretching my fingers to reach for the control key I thought of using my thumb instead, so I defined the right alt key to function as an extra control key. But this doesn't fully work! And it doesn't matter whether I try this in X with xkeycaps and copying the left Control key onto the r

Re: keymap problem??

2002-01-09 Thread Jeff Green
I have a problem that has bugged me for some timeand i cant work out the cause. I have one machine that when i connect to it remotely does not allow the use of certain control characters.this is most noticable with the pgup and pgdn keys Same here, and with delete, home, and e

keymap problem??

2002-01-09 Thread c
Hi all I have a problem that has bugged me for some timeand i cant work out the cause. I have one machine that when i connect to it remotely does not allow the use of certain control characters.this is most noticable with the pgup and pgdn keys plz help c^

keymap problem

2001-06-03 Thread Arno Baier
Hi i'm usen deb potato and set up keymaps with kbdconfig. i selected de-latin1-nodeadkeys. during testing all chars were ok, but after reloading with loadkeys i can't get the typical german keys (ß,ö etc). what can i do? thanx arno

Re: Keymap problem when upgrading xfree86 in slink...

2000-03-27 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
:: On 26 Mar 2000 19:09:10 -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: I just noticed... I can startx as root, but not as ordinary user; it seems to have something to do with that problem. > Hi. > I've just reinstalled my system, and something strange happens... > (I'm running slink on

Keymap problem when upgrading xfree86 in slink...

2000-03-26 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Hi. I've just reinstalled my system, and something strange happens... (I'm running slink on a Pentium II) I have a S3 Trio 3D/2X video card... Which is not supported by xfree 3.3.3 (which came with slink 2.1). So I first installed slink, then upgraded xfree86 from: deb http://www.debian.org/~v