Thread: [XonX-Users] xkb configuration in gnome
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From: Yves de C. <yv...@gn...> - 2004-09-25 16:32:04
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Hi I am running gnome 2.6.1 installed with the darwinports. Every time I start gnome or if I try to modufy the xkb configuration, I get many (6 I think) error windows "Error activating XKB configuration. Probably internal X server problem." xprop -root | grep XKB returns nothing gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb layouts = [us] model = pc105 overrideSettings = false options = [] Where does the problem come from ? How can I get around ? thanks yves |
From: Torrey L. <to...@mr...> - 2004-09-25 21:29:01
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At 12:31 PM -0400 9/25/04, Yves de Champlain wrote: >I am running gnome 2.6.1 installed with the darwinports. >Every time I start gnome or if I try to modufy the xkb >configuration, I get many (6 I think) error windows > >"Error activating XKB configuration. >Probably internal X server problem." > >xprop -root | grep XKB returns nothing > >gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb > layouts = [us] > model = pc105 > overrideSettings = false > options = [] > >Where does the problem come from ? >How can I get around ? You didn't say what X server you are using. As the error suggests, it is an X server problem. In XFree86 4.4.0 and later, XKB is disabled by default by works with some caveats. I don't believe XKB works in earlier versions including Apple's X11. To enable XKB, you would pass the +kb command line option to XDarwin as described in "man Xserver". The "caveats" I described above are that XDarwin does not map its keycodes to hardware independent keycodes. Thus XKB configurations that you get from third parties will almost always end up messing up your keyboard. A few people have made XKB configurations that are useful for XDarwin. However, in its current state it is generally just better not to use XKB unless you really need it. This is why it is disabled by default. You should know what you are doing if you turn it on. --Torrey |