hm, seems it's not xset or whatever, but the XKB stuff. i ran setxkbmap and guess what i see in console? a nice little signal 11 error. *sigh*. great, no XKB....
-- ##-----------------------------------------------------------------## | ,''`. http://www.debian.org/ | http://www.nuit.ca/ | | : :' : Debian GNU/Linux | http://simonraven.nuit.ca/ | | `. `' | PGP key ID: 6169 BE0C 0891 A038 | | `- | | ##-----------------------------------------------------------------## -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d? s+:- a C++ UL+++ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o K- w--- O M++ V-- PS+++ PE Y++ PGP++ 5+ X+ R* tv b+ DI+ D+ G e* h--- r+++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------