From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 1 21:41:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF16A16A420 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:41:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dtsam@cc.ece.ntua.gr) Received: from mx-out-02.forthnet.gr (mx-out.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 242AD43D45 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:41:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dtsam@cc.ece.ntua.gr) Received: from mx-av-01.forthnet.gr (mx-av.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.27]) by mx-out-02.forthnet.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k11LfsAv006642; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:41:54 +0200 Received: from mx-in-04.forthnet.gr (mx-in-04.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.163]) by mx-av-01.forthnet.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k11Lfslt004762; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:41:54 +0200 Received: from [192.168.254.1] (ppp78-adsl-54.ath.forthnet.gr [195.74.248.54]) by mx-in-04.forthnet.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k11Jg6fs016441; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:42:08 +0200 Authentication-Results: mx-in-04.forthnet.gr from=dtsam@cc.ece.ntua.gr; sender-id=neutral; spf=neutral Message-ID: <43E12B1F.3020209@cc.ece.ntua.gr> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:41:51 +0200 From: Dimitris Tsamis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Giorgos Kapetanakis References: <20060130220105.GA3260@pythagoras.physics.upatras.gr> <53159.62.74.66.254.1138723885.squirrel@webmail.sians.org> In-Reply-To: <53159.62.74.66.254.1138723885.squirrel@webmail.sians.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X.org 6.9 - Greek Keyboard Layout - FreeBSD 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:41:58 -0000 Giorgos Kapetanakis wrote: > On Tue, January 31, 2006 12:01 am, Laganakos Vassilis wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I use two layouts on X, English and Greek. I use the following lines in >> xorg.conf to switch between those two: >> >> Option "XkbRules" "xorg" >> Option "XkbModel" "acpi" >> Option "XkbLayout" "us,el" >> Option "XkbOptions" grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,altwin:menu" >> >> This worked just fine until I port-upgraded to X.org 6.9 last week. >> It was compiled and installed correctly. Whe I tried to start X I >> noticed that I couldn't switch to the Greek layout, and I could not >> switch to to console with the Alt-Ctrl-F? key combination. When I exited >> the >> X mode, I saw the following message: >> >> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: >> > Error: Can't find file "pc/el" for symbols include >> > Exiting >> > Abandoning symbols file "basic" >> > Abandoning symbols file "default" >> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server >> >> >> So I was forced to comment out the last two of those lines in xorg.conf >> and use only English. Greek are can be displayed in any program or Web >> page, >> but I cannot type in greek. >> >> Thanx, >> >> Vassilis >> >> > > It's not FreeBSD's issue, it's X.org's. The greek sybols file is no longer > "el", but "gr". > Just type: > > # cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc > # ln -s gr el > > and everything should work fine ;) > > I had the same problem and "ln -s gr el" solved it. However, I looked at pc/gr and it seems it includes the pc/el file (which is now linked to pc/gr). There must be some configuration problem somewhere.