From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 5 7:41:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E5DD37B401 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 07:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3F343E3B for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 07:41:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g95EfhVc005867; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:41:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g95EfcgM005866; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:41:38 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:41:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: David Gerard Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting X to recognise a UK keyboard Message-ID: <20021005144138.GA5755@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20021005132928.GG32176@thingy.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021005132928.GG32176@thingy.apana.org.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.9 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 11:29:28PM +1000, David Gerard wrote: > I have this Compaq Internet keyboard, UK version. The system knows it's a > UK keyboard at the console, but X doesn't seem to have a clue and keys give > their UK characters. > > Here's the keyboard bits from XF86Config: > > Identifier "Keyboard1" > Driver "Keyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "gb" > > Changing "pc105" to "compaq" does nothing either. Does that 'Identifier "Keyboard1"' line have a corresponding InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" line in the ServerLayout section of XF86Config? I ask only because if that keyboard is the only keyboard attached to your system, I'd expect it to be referred to as 'Keyboard0' in both the ServerLayout and the appropriate InputDevice sections. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message