From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 28 22:14:53 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 21C5E106579E for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:53 +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 EC8E88FC15 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:52 +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-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KIU002FE0EYV550@VL-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:13:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <49F77FDD.5090105@videotron.ca> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:14:53 -0400 From: PJ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <49F6DDAC.60800@videotron.ca> <20090428182346.GA23945@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <49F75E4F.9050200@videotron.ca> In-reply-to: <49F75E4F.9050200@videotron.ca> Subject: Re: French-Canadian Keyboard & keyboard switching 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: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:54 -0000 PJ wrote: > Frank Shute wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: >> >> >>> I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about >>> using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a >>> terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur on the Québecois (or >>> Quebeckers) or are we being neglected and still considered "The White >>> Niggers of America"? ;-) >>> Anyway, everything I have tried does not work on FreeBSD or on xorg. >>> Cannot set it up or switch. >>> Somebody, please help. >>> >>> >>> >> Have you tried: >> >> Option "XkbLayout" "ca(fr)" >> >> in your keyboard/inputdevice section of xorg.conf? >> >> For the console you want to have a look at kbdmap(1) and the list of >> maps. >> >> Looks like you want: >> >> keymap="fr_CA.iso.acc" >> >> in /etc/rc.conf >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> > I probably should have posted all the stuff I tried. My apologies. > Yes, I had tried similar Options as described in a number of sites, > including, I think FreeBSD and Xorg. Only the man pages showed different > inputs. I don't know where you got the fr_CA.iso.acc; my installation > showed the available keymaps as fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd > kbdmap -s returns You are not on a virtual console - expect strange side > effects > lang_default = en > dialect = fr_...ISO8859-1 > lang_abk = fr > Currently supported languages: da de el en es fr hy iw no pl pt ru sv uk > ===== > Interesting, eh? where does fr_CA fit in and how? > For Xorg here is what I had found on > http://markmail.org/messsage/yvq7qqnqhq33hqgf > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "us,ca" > Option "XkbOptions" "grp:toggle" > That is what I had tried; it didn't work. > I had tried keymap="fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd" and that gave(gives) the correct > keyboard on the console. Except, it spews out French error messages > (tiresome=ennuiyant). > The Option "XkbLayout" "us,ca" - I have no idea where it comes from and > I sure would like to know what to enter for that to try it out. And > where does the "grp:toggle" come from? > I just went through the same routine and I can't find any combination > that works with the information I have been able to gather. > :-( > For what it's worth, I have been able to set up the French-Canadian keyboard in a hap-hazard way so, at least, is works partially. Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us,ca" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:toggle" Using the above xorg parameters, the keyboard limps. The French-CA is a bastardized mapping which work only if you use 2 keys for è ç à, etc - in XP these are one stroke keys, but Fbsd you have to hit the ] key before c to get ç (ç) and the same for the others, except for é (é) Oh, well, another day lost... but, I guess it's better to limp than not to walk at all. :-\ -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php