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zajca

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 35

Keyboard won't write czech characters

Hi,
I did update after some time and keyboard won't write czech characters.
I set setxkbmap cz and when I push czech character nothing happen.
Mostly I'm using vok keyboard which also won't write czech characters.

I can't figure out where is problem sice I have no error or something.

MrElg

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Registered: 2013-08-04

Posts: 49

Re: Keyboard won't write czech characters

I should admit that this isnt my expertice, and I have never used a Czech keyboard before. (Even though I would love too, its a fantastic language.)

However, I've been working with getting my Norwegian keyboard up properly on some machines lately. And I've had problems with the language layout if the model and variant is not set correctly. Do you know if it is set as qwerty or dvorak for example.

Anyways, what is your output on the following command after using that setxkbmap command?

$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10

And why dont you use localectl for a persistent configuration of keyboard in X?

EDIT for typo

Last edited by MrElg (2014-05-26 17:12:33)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Keyboard won't write czech characters

Are you having these problems in X or in the tty? What's the output of 'localectl'?

zajca

Member

From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 35

Re: Keyboard won't write czech characters

I have probles with X

here are commands outputs:

$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      pc101
layout:     vok
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+vok+inet(evdev)
geometry:   pc(pc101)
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include "pc+vok+inet(evdev)"    };
        xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc101)"     };
};

with setxbkmap cz

Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      pc101
layout:     cz
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwertz)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+cz+inet(evdev)
geometry:   pc(pc101)
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwertz)" };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include "pc+cz+inet(evdev)"     };
        xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc101)"     };
};

$ localectl

   System Locale: n/a

       VC Keymap: n/a
      X11 Layout: n/a

Last edited by zajca (2014-05-27 14:39:37)

MrElg

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Registered: 2013-08-04

Posts: 49

Re: Keyboard won't write czech characters

What I meant with localectl was to use the guide from the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … _localectl

You should read a bit into this guide, it might help you on why you are experiencing problems. You should for example check what kind of keyboard variant you have. Is it qwerty, dworak, qwertz or any other? I cannot take a guess since I never have used a Czech keyboard before. Try google it, to see if you can recognize your keyboard.

Example: it the buttons from your top left says in this order: QWERTY, then you have a qwerty variant. If it says: QWERTZ, its a qwertz variant. After your setxkbmap cz, your keyboard variant is set as qwertz, if this is not correct, this might also be a problem for the rest of the layout.

Last edited by MrElg (2014-05-27 17:30:20)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Keyboard won't write czech characters

Have you configured your system properly?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale