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augustin2
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 Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Non US Keyboard in KDM |
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Hi,
I am new to Gentoo as well as to KDE. I managed to have a KDE system working (with much help from guys here) but I have only one trouble left. I cannot get a non US keyboard at login time in KDM.
I would like to use my French bépo kbd but I cannot even use a classic fr azerty one. I have seen a lot of things on the Internet but not always very fresh and clear enough to make me understand.
Did I miss something obvious in the manual ?
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gabrielg
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Does your /etc/conf.d/keymaps have a keymap="[whatever your french keyboard code is]"? (mine is UK, slightly different to US, but works everywhere... only had problems with setting Mac keyboards in the past - no surprises there) |
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augustin2
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for helping me.
Yes it has.
| Quote: | jaaf-P55A-UD4 jaaf # cat /etc/conf.d/keymaps
# Use keymap to specify the default console keymap. There is a complete tree
# of keymaps in /usr/share/keymaps to choose from.
keymap="fr" |
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Fitzcarraldo
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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For a French Bépo keyboard, for the console you will need to specify something like keymaps="fr-bepo" (no accent) in /etc/conf.d/keymaps. Check to see you have the keymap, though:
| Code: | | ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/fr* |
And for X Windows you'll need to have something either in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*-keyboard.conf:
| Code: | Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbVariant" "bepo" |
or via the command line in a Konsole/Terminal window:
| Code: | | setxkbmap -layout fr -variant bepo |
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augustin2
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for helping me.
For bépo I did what is explain here http://bepo.fr/wiki/Console_linux (in French, sorry)
That is to say I placed fr-dvorak-bepo.map into /usr/share/keymaps/i386/dvorak/
After that seing that it didn't work, I placed also a gz version. It didn't work any more.
The trouble doesn't seem coming from bépo as I cannot use a standard azerty fr as well.
Here is what is in /etc/xorg.conf.d
| Code: | jaaf@jaaf-P55A-UD4 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $ ls -a
. .. 10-evdev.conf 30-keyboard.conf
jaaf@jaaf-P55A-UD4 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $ cat 30-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "keyboard-all"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,fr"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
Option "XkbVariant" ",azerty"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
EndSection
jaaf@jaaf-P55A-UD4 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $ cat 10-evdev.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbVariant" "oss_latin9"
EndSection
jaaf@jaaf-P55A-UD4 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $ ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386/azerty/ |
At first , following the manual I put only 30-keyboard.conf then following advice here I added 10-evdev.conf
I precise that in the KDE environnement I can use both my fr-azerty and fr-bepo keyboards . The only practical trouble I have is a login (initial login in KDM or after a logout) |
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augustin2
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:03 am Post subject: |
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I eventually managed to find a correct setting in /ect/X11/xorg.conf.d/ I only let 30-keyboard.conf to stay as close as possible to the manuel with this content
| Code: | jaaf-P55A-UD4 xorg.conf.d # cat 30-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "keyboard-all"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
Option "XkbVariant" "bepo"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
EndSection
jaaf-P55A-UD4 xorg.conf.d #
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Probably the missing model option caused trouble. |
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