[SOLVED] How to adapt my keyboard layout to my keyboard?

LithoUser · 2021-12-22 13:16:32

Hello,

I have an HP 14s-fq0098nf laptop; it has a greater than/less than key between the "alt gr" and the "left arrow" keys, like in this image.

But this key doesn't work at all: it's interpreted as a "right control" key, since xev returns the following:

KeyPress event, serial 47, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
    root x6a4, subw 0x0, time 389497, (612,66), root:(683,384),
    state 0x0, keycode 105 (keysym 0xffe4, Control_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

So I don't know what I should do: should I change my keyboard layout? Or should I simply remap this one key? I don't know what the best solution would be.

localectl gives the following result:

   System Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: fr-latin9
      X11 Layout: fr
       X11 Model: pc105
     X11 Variant: oss
     X11 Options: compose:lwin-altgr

And I have a custom file at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf containing the following:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "keyboard"
    MatchIsKeyboard "on"
    Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbVariant" "oss"
    Option "XkbOptions" "compose:lwin-altgr"
EndSection

Would anyone know what the best solution is in that case? Should I remap the key (not sure how I could do it) or should I look for a french keyboard layout that would suit my keyboard better? (not sure if such a keyboard layout exists, though)

Thanx for any help!

Last edited by LithoUser (2021-12-22 15:48:24)

seth · 2021-12-22 14:04:00

What kind of layout is that to begin with?
You're setting a french layout but there're clearly some Skandinavian keys around.

Google yields https://www.hp.com/fr-fr/shop/Html/Merc … 0x1285.jpg for the claiemd model, but that doesn't look anything like the photo you posted.

LithoUser · 2021-12-22 14:28:58

It's not my actual keyboard; it was just an example to show what the key looks like, and to save myself the task of taking and uploading a photo. But I've taken one, and here's a screenshot of my keyboard. It's a french (AZERTY) keyboard.

Thanx for any help!

seth · 2021-12-22 14:56:22

xev -event keyboard

Does that produce output for that key at all and if so, which?

LithoUser · 2021-12-22 14:58:28

Well, I've already answered to that in my first post...

LithoUser wrote:

it's interpreted as a "right control" key, since xev returns the following:

KeyPress event, serial 47, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
    root x6a4, subw 0x0, time 389497, (612,66), root:(683,384),
    state 0x0, keycode 105 (keysym 0xffe4, Control_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

seth · 2021-12-22 15:04:45

Sorry, went straigt for the photo ;-)
Try

xmodmap -e 'keycode 105 = less greater'

There's no xkb layout that maps "RCTL" to "less" or "greater", you'd have to derive one from /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/fr if you don't want to use xmodmap.

LithoUser · 2021-12-22 15:31:23

Thanx, xmodmap seems like an easy solution, and it works fine. But it doesn't persist after a reboot; I use Openbox as my window manager: is it OK to put the "xmodmap" command at the end of the autostart file (~/.config/openbox/autostart)?

seth · 2021-12-22 15:39:28

I'd run it before starting openbox (xinitrc?) but as long as you don't bind it to any shortcut, it doesn't matter.

LithoUser · 2021-12-22 15:48:03

I chose the .xinitrc solution, and it works great! Thank you very much!

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