Hint for fixing keyboard problems after XFree 4.3 update!!

Cryptopsy · n00b Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3

Hello!

If anybody has keyboard errors like <Alt Gr> is not working or <Backspace> is acting like <Delete> after emerging XFree 4.3, this may fix this error:

cp /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/

(Don't forget to backup the other xkbcomp first :-)

)

Both files differed from each other on my system and the file in /usr/X11R6/bin/ was the newer one so I decided to copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/ and overwrite the xkbcomp there and finally......i got my alt gr key back :lol:

I hope I could help anybody....
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atac · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:12 pm Post subject:

i changed XkbModel from pc101 to pc105, that worked for me.
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Cryptopsy · n00b Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3

I already had my keyboard configured as pc105

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atac · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 8:57 am Post subject:

ah, okey
well then your way is proablly the way to go

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bos_mindwarp · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:15 pm Post subject:

gah!
it fixed AltGr, but I lost all other keys =)

neptune · n00b Joined: 11 Oct 2002 Posts: 49

I also have this problem with my belgian keyboard, i looked for you tip but before doing it i've checked this:

neptune root # ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 308984 Apr 23 15:04 /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp
neptune root # ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 308984 Apr 23 15:04 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp
neptune root # diff /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp

The two files are the same :-(

I also have pc105 in my config file.

c07 · Veteran Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 1091

Does it work after

neptune · n00b Joined: 11 Oct 2002 Posts: 49

fabian@neptune fabian $ setxkbmap -v 10 be '' ''
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard layout
Using command line, ignoring X server
Applied rules from xfree86:
model: pc105
layout: be
variant:
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: xfree86+aliases(azerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: en_US(pc105)+be
geometry: pc(pc105)

After that commande, the problem remains. Here's my XF86Config:

> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard1"
> Driver "Keyboard"
> Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "be"
> EndSection

c07 · Veteran Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 1091

If you just have problems with accents / dead keys, you might want to read here or add Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" to XF86Config.

PurpleSkunk

nightblade · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:14 am Post subject:

Worked for me too.

After upgrading Xfree to 4.3.0-r6 I couldn't switch my keyboard layout anymore. Issuing setxkbmap always generated the message "Error loading new keyboard description".

Now everything works fine

Thanks Cryptopsy
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YsndHalf · n00b Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 53 Location: Barcelona

Thanks, thanks, thanks, Cryptopsy and c07!!! :-D

Now I've got my keyboard OK again!
In a principle, I think that the copy of xkbcomp didn't solve all of the problems, but after executing setxkbmap in an x-console, everything went fine again.
Great info! Regards,
Jordi

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YsndHalf · n00b Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 53 Location: Barcelona

Hi again,
I've seen that, in order to have the correct keymap, I have to do a "setxkbmap <kbmap>" at the beginning of every session (KDE, in my case).
How can I "auto-execute" something (in this case, "setxkbmap es") at the start of every KDE session? (or, even better, at the start of X?)
Many thanks in advance. Regards, Jordi

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nightblade · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:21 pm Post subject:

Hola Jordi,

are you using XFree or Xorg ?

In XFree, you have the /etc/X11/XF86Config file with which you can control the default keyboard layout, using the XkbLayout option under the section corresponding to the keyboard itself. e.g.:

YsndHalf · n00b Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 53 Location: Barcelona

Hi Nightblade,
yes, I use XFree, but I already have the XF86Config correct, in the way you say.
Curiously it seems that only the execution of this "setxkbmap" in an x-console solves the problems. Once this is done, all of the software under my kde work perfectly (the keymap is OK). Once I restart the computer (or simpy the kde session), everything fails again.
Therefore the only solution I see is this autoload of the 'setxkbmap es' command...
Regards, Jordi

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nightblade · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject:

ande · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 12

ande · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 12

I finaly found a way to fix this without having to run setxkbmap:
Add the folowing line to your xorg.conf: