Hi, did you try "setkbmap" in a terminal to select manually your keyboard layout, model and variant? I had some problems with my keyboard layout, too some time ago and for me switching to the most recent xorg-server package solved the issue.
Geralt. On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:53 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am beginning to feel that either I am incredibly dense or everybody > else is, unless absolutelyeverybody is, and I am one of the few who is > not too proud to admit it :-O > > I have a ~amd64 system with xorg 1.5.2, and running without any X > config file is the only way I can get any kind of X system running, > but then various keys don't work -- LEFT, DOWN, END, PAGE DOWN at > least, but RIGHT, UP, INS, DEL, HOME, PAGE UP work. I have fvwm > configured to recognize the Windows MENU key but that doesn't work > now, however I am not worried about that now, and expect it is one of > the XkbOptions and not important right now. I could be wrong. > > I have whatever defaults come in /etc/hal/fdi/policy. I have tried > variations in there, but they either do nothing or make it worse. > > I have asked on the forums, used forum and google search, and this > seems to be a very common problem, yet the suggested solutions are all > over the map, and after trying several which had no effect or a bad > effect, I have gone back to no mods at all, a nice virgin X11 and Hal, > except I have a .xmodmaps which seems to make no difference so I just > leave it in place for the time being. I can live with this, not > happily, but better than fighting a downgrade. > > Is there any definitive solution to this, any definitive guide? > > -- > ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. > Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 > I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room > o > >
