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MariusEriksen

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Registered: 2009-10-24

Posts: 25

'#setxkbmap' doesnt work - Tested X, with poor results.

`#setxkbmap no
Cannot open display "default display"

Need to run setxkbmap becaus I didnt manage to configure my HAL (i think...), therefor I have disabled it.

I also checked if X works. A terminal, white with black text, appeared in the top right corner, but I wasnt able to type in any text, nor move my mouse. Whats wrong?

quarkup

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-09-07

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Re: '#setxkbmap' doesnt work - Tested X, with poor results.

why are you doing that as root ??

just do

setxkbmap <code>

the code is your country code ("fr/pt/us" etc..)

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MariusEriksen

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Registered: 2009-10-24

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Re: '#setxkbmap' doesnt work - Tested X, with poor results.

Same with my user..

jac

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From: /home/jac

Registered: 2009-05-19

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Re: '#setxkbmap' doesnt work - Tested X, with poor results.

setxkbmap needs to be run from within an X session of some kind, which I'm guessing you're running it from a VT if you can't get your keyboard to work in X. Your mouse/keyboard probably don't work because you don't have HAL running, you should post information on what went wrong with configuring it so that we can help you get that running.