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#1 2020-09-15 15:23:39

diamant
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Registered: 2020-04-10
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[SOLVED] Problems with settings a custom keymap layout

Hi everyone!
I have a Teclast x4 and it's keyboard hasn't the less and greater symbol key. So i decided to add the symbols with a custom layout, and following the wiki i created a custom .map file that works fine in the tty. I installed x11 and i3 and outside the tty my layout doesn't work, i see a section in the wiki that specify a command to set a keyboard layout for xorg with the command:

localectl set-x11-keymap /path/to/custom.map

But when i run the command, it returns:

Failed to set keymap: Specified keymap cannot be compiled, refusing as invalid.

This is my custom keymap (i copied the it.map and modified it):

$ cat /usr/local/share/kbd/keymaps/it-custom-teclast.map 
# Italian keymap
#
# '@', '#', '[', and ']' are obtained by AltGr with the appropriate key.
#
# I have added '{', '}', '~', '`', iacute and uacute.
# They can be obtained by AltGr-(, AltGr-), AltGr-=, AltGr-', AltGr-igrave
# and AltGr-ugrave respectively.
#
# Added also euro sign and cent, obtained by AltGr-e and AltGr-c respectively.
#
# The compose key is PrintScrn.
#
# Emanuele Tomasi <targzeta@gmail.com>

keymaps 0-3,4-6,8-10,12-14
include "qwerty-layout"
include "linux-keys-bare"

strings as usual

keycode   1 = Escape
keycode   2 = one
keycode   3 = two
keycode   4 = three
keycode   5 = four
keycode   6 = five
keycode   7 = six
keycode   8 = seven
keycode   9 = eight
keycode  10 = nine
keycode  11 = zero
keycode  12 = apostrophe
keycode  13 = igrave
keycode  14 = Delete
#keycode  14 = BackSpace
keycode  15 = Tab
keycode  26 = egrave
keycode  27 = plus
keycode  28 = Return
keycode  29 = Control
keycode  39 = ograve
keycode  40 = agrave
keycode  41 = backslash
keycode  42 = Shift
keycode  43 = ugrave
keycode  51 = comma
keycode  52 = period
keycode  53 = minus
keycode  54 = Shift
keycode  56 = Alt
keycode  57 = space
keycode  58 = Caps_Lock
#keycode  86 = less
keycode  97 = Control
keycode  99 = Compose  # PrintScrn
keycode 100 = AltGr

shift keycode   1 = Escape
shift keycode   2 = exclam
shift keycode   3 = quotedbl
shift keycode   4 = sterling
shift keycode   5 = dollar
shift keycode   6 = percent
shift keycode   7 = ampersand
shift keycode   8 = slash
shift keycode   9 = parenleft
shift keycode  10 = parenright
shift keycode  11 = equal
shift keycode  12 = question
shift keycode  13 = asciicircum
shift keycode  26 = eacute
shift keycode  27 = asterisk
shift keycode  39 = ccedilla
shift keycode  40 = degree
shift keycode  41 = bar
shift keycode  43 = section
shift keycode  51 = semicolon
shift keycode  52 = colon
shift keycode  53 = underscore
#shift keycode  86 = greater

altgr keycode   9 = braceleft
altgr keycode  10 = braceright
altgr keycode  11 = asciitilde
altgr keycode  12 = grave
altgr keycode  13 = iacute
altgr keycode  18 = currency       # Euro sign
altgr keycode  26 = bracketleft
altgr keycode  27 = bracketright
altgr keycode  39 = at
altgr keycode  40 = numbersign
altgr keycode  43 = uacute
altgr keycode  46 = cent

shift altgr keycode  46 = copyright

control keycode  41 = Control_backslash
control keycode  58 = Control_Lock

shift control keycode  13 = Control_asciicircum
shift control keycode  53 = Control_underscore

altgr control keycode  27 = Control_bracketright

alt keycode   1 = Meta_Escape
alt keycode   2 = Meta_one
alt keycode   3 = Meta_two
alt keycode   4 = Meta_three
alt keycode   5 = Meta_four
alt keycode   6 = Meta_five
alt keycode   7 = Meta_six
alt keycode   8 = Meta_seven
alt keycode   9 = Meta_eight
alt keycode  10 = Meta_nine
alt keycode  11 = Meta_zero
alt keycode  12 = Meta_apostrophe
alt keycode  13 = Meta_igrave
alt keycode  14 = Meta_Delete
#alt keycode  14 = Meta_BackSpace
alt keycode  15 = Meta_Tab
alt keycode  27 = Meta_plus
alt keycode  41 = Meta_backslash
alt keycode  51 = Meta_comma
alt keycode  52 = Meta_period
alt keycode  53 = Meta_minus
alt keycode  57 = Meta_space
alt keycode  86 = Meta_less

shift alt keycode   2 = Meta_exclam
shift alt keycode   3 = Meta_quotedbl
shift alt keycode   5 = Meta_dollar
shift alt keycode   6 = Meta_percent
shift alt keycode   7 = Meta_ampersand
shift alt keycode   8 = Meta_slash
shift alt keycode   9 = Meta_parenleft
shift alt keycode  10 = Meta_parenright
shift alt keycode  11 = Meta_equal
shift alt keycode  12 = Meta_question
shift alt keycode  13 = Meta_asciicircum
shift alt keycode  27 = Meta_asterisk
shift alt keycode  41 = Meta_bar
shift alt keycode  51 =	less				# Meta_semicolon
shift alt keycode  52 =	greater				# Meta_colon
shift alt keycode  86 = Meta_greater

altgr alt keycode   9 = Meta_braceleft
altgr alt keycode  10 = Meta_braceright
altgr alt keycode  11 = Meta_asciitilde
altgr alt keycode  12 = Meta_grave
altgr alt keycode  26 = Meta_bracketleft
altgr alt keycode  27 = Meta_bracketright
altgr alt keycode  39 = Meta_at
altgr alt keycode  40 = Meta_numbersign

control alt keycode  41 = Meta_Control_backslash

shift control alt keycode  53 = Meta_Control_underscore
shift control alt keycode  13 = Meta_Control_asciicircum

altgr control alt keycode  27 = Meta_Control_bracketright

I modified this two line:

shift alt keycode  51 =	less				# Meta_semicolon
shift alt keycode  52 =	greater				# Meta_colon

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by diamant (2020-09-19 09:17:19)

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#2 2020-09-15 16:42:14

seth
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Registered: 2012-09-03
Posts: 49,951

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with settings a custom keymap layout

Those keymaps are for the console, *not* X11.

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#3 2020-09-15 18:50:06

diamant
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Registered: 2020-04-10
Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with settings a custom keymap layout

Yes i found it in internet, thank you!

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#4 2020-09-15 20:16:55

seth
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Posts: 49,951

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with settings a custom keymap layout

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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