On Tuesday 26 October 2004 4:22, Christian Leimer wrote: > Jaonary Rabarisoa wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've just finish to install debian on my albook 15" :-) . I've used > > debian-installer pre-rc2 for this and the installation was successfull. > > The only problem is the keyboard under xfree. With the consol, it's all > > right. The keyboard behave just as in mac os x. But, under xfree I > > couldn't get the right configuration. Here is my XFree config file : > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > > Driver "keyboard" > > Option "CoreKeyboard" > > Option "Xkbrule" "xfree86" > > Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" > > Option "XkbLayout" "fr" > > EndSection > > > > A few months ago I used the xkblayout from here : > > http://www.linux-france.org/macintosh/clavier_rpm3.html > > for consol and X keyboard layout. So, before doing the same thing, I'd > > like to know whether this keyboard layout is now supported by debian and > > how to set it under xfree ? > > > > Best regards > > Hi I also had problems witk Xfree but with a german keyboard. I did the > following. Can you test if it also works for you? > I change my XF86Config-4 to > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" #<= not macintosh > Option "XkbLayout" "de" #<= fr > Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > EndSection > > But you try please fr instead of de. And then I patched a little > the /etc/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86. Make a backup before. > > <RALT> = 115; # <= there was a 112 before you may paste here the > keycode of your applekey > // Microsoft keyboard extra keys > // <LWIN> = 115; > // <RWIN> = 116; > // <MENU> = 117;
This is not really a good idea. The XKB stuff is pretty convoluted as it is, and the keycodes are not the place to do this. > I get the @ with applekey + q and the ¤ with applekey + e. One of the things that changed in XFree 4.3 is how the third-level symbols (like ¤) are generated. Unfortunately, they were changed for the PC keymaps, but not for the Mac ones. So in your case, you've switched to the new-style PC maps, but the third-level key is messed up. For the old-style maps, the keysym Mode_switch should be used, and for the new-style keymaps, it's ISO_Level3_Shift. I think that if you use the unmodified keysym files and add an XkbOption with lv3:win_switch, you'll get the behavior I think you want (where the Apple key + another generates the third-level glyph). > If this works for you maybe there is a bug in xlibs. I don't think it's a bug in the C code of xlibs, but it's true that the XKB files are a disaster. Frank
