On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 01:10:02AM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > But I wanted to configure the X terminal keyboard using xkb (as I usually > do on workstation). To do so, /etc/X11/xkb/* files are needed. > But those are in xlibs package, and xkbcomp program (used by X server on > startup to compile xkb keymap) is in xbase-clients package. And > xbase-clients depends on 5 more packages (including huge xlibmesa3). All > those are completely uneeded on an X terminal that never should run any > local apps. > > Maybe /etc/X11/xkb stuff should be moved to xserver-common or > xfree86-common?
No. > P.S. > Yes I know it is possible to setup X terminal keyboard by running xkbcomp > from Xsetup on server side, but I believe it is ugly. Compile an appropriate *.xkm file with xkbcomp on a machine with the client side, copy it to the X terminal's disk, and instruct the X server to use it with the -xkbmap option. (This post brought to you by the "man Xserver" foundation.) -- G. Branden Robinson | To stay young requires unceasing Debian GNU/Linux | cultivation of the ability to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | unlearn old falsehoods. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Robert Heinlein
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