Re: rp3-config fatal error


Subject: Re: rp3-config fatal error
From: Patrick Ladam (ladam@smbh.smbh.univ-paris13.fr)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 15:00:42 MST


Yvon Thoraval wrote:

> >Yvon, they are somewhere in /usr/share/keyboard (I am not sure really, I am
> >not on my Linux box right now), there is a french and french extended kbd
> >layout.
> >Try a 'locate keyboard' .
> >I'll be able to tell you where the keymap files are on monday.
> >Once you have found the french keymap file, you can use xmodmap to load
> >it (man
> >xmodmap).
> >It goes something like 'xmodmap -quiet the_kbd_filename'
>
> i do had downloaded some french keymaps found over the network.
>
> the question for me now is that even i'm able to configure XF86Config-4
> to those keymaps, after next restart the older are coming back even if
> i've cancelled the Xautoconfig at all run levels...
>
> --
> Yvon Thoraval

Humm, weird...
Are you not confusing the console and X keyboards? They are different.
Changing KBD='us' into KBD='fr' in your XF86Config-4 will only affect the
console
(runlevel 3) kbd and you won't see any effect when running X.
Chaning the kbd layout in X can be handled by xmodmap.

Bye

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