From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 1 17:37:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 963AE1065672 for ; Fri, 1 May 2009 17:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af.gourmet@videotron.ca) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C9148FC08 for ; Fri, 1 May 2009 17:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af.gourmet@videotron.ca) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Received: from [192.168.0.51] ([96.21.103.185]) by VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KIZ007KY7N05PM0@VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 01 May 2009 13:37:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <49FB3370.8070807@videotron.ca> Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 13:37:52 -0400 From: PJ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) To: Tijl Coosemans References: <49F6DDAC.60800@videotron.ca> <200905011617.17118.tijl@ulyssis.org> <49FB0A30.1000309@videotron.ca> <200905011717.50896.tijl@ulyssis.org> In-reply-to: <200905011717.50896.tijl@ulyssis.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: French-Canadian Keyboard & keyboard switching - SOLVED X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 17:37:49 -0000 Tijl Coosemans wrote: > On Friday 01 May 2009 16:41:52 PJ wrote: > >> Tijl Coosemans wrote: >> >>> On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: >>> >>>> The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech >>>> I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us & >>>> canadian multi. >>>> But the ca(multi) setting does not work either alone or with the us >>>> for switching. The accent keys are dead. Maybe the option for the >>>> keys should be set to nodeadkeys. >>>> But this is not worth pursuing as I am spending too much time on >>>> this as is. I have things under control, it just seems strange that >>>> the ca(multi) cannot be installed. Could be fluxbox? Oh well. >>>> >>> I just tried ca(multi) under fluxbox and it just works. What version >>> of Xorg do you have (output of "X -version")? And what is the output >>> of "grep xkb_symbols /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ca"? >>> >> Version 1.6 buit 13 April 2009 >> symbols/ca = "multi", "multix', "multi-2gr", "fr", & a few others >> You'd think it would work... >> Doesn't make sense. >> > > Have you tried running "setxkbmap ca multi"? > > Now, here's the weird stuff - ca multi works in Firefox... but not in xterm so, the keyboard has to be set from fluxbox... works fine in Inkscape, gnucash, abacus, so the real problem is in xterm - and that is totally unimportant as long as good ol' English works it it. -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la plančte, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php