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Hi,
after I installed Arch at my Dell Latitude 6400 I can only change my keyboard layout with
# setxkbmap de
I've added this command to my ./~xinitrc but it didn't work.
I have also edited my xorg.conf but nothing worked. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … onfigure_X
Can anyone help me?
Last edited by reach44 (2009-05-14 09:45:02)
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have you tried modifying the keymap in the hal config file?
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Yes, I modified it, but it also didn't work.
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I went around in circles trying all the more complicated methods to get my keyboard correct for UK use in KDE4
I finally set it right by using the keyboard layout settings in Regional & Language settings .
Are you using KDE ?
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No I'm using Gnome. In System >> Settings >> Keyboard Germany is set.
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Have you put the German keymap in your rc.conf?
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Yes I'v done everthing from the Beguinners Guide.
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Weird, this is the relevant part of my rc.conf and it is working a treat.
LOCALE="en_GB.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="uk"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
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LOCALE="de_DE.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK=""
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE=""
KEYMAP="de"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
I think my rc.conf is right, but it doesnt work.
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Not 100% sure about this, but keymap can be a bastard. I put gb in mine at first and wondered why it didn't work - after all, the locale is called gb! But no, for some reason it is uk which is normally reserved for the Ukraine.
If I were you I'd investigate this further just to make sure. Also, have you got anything in your rc.local?
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No I'v got nothing in my rc.local. And i made sure that its the right keymap. I don't know whats going wrong.
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have a look at this page:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … _driver.3F
at this section :
Modifying hal configuration
Copy the file:
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi
to
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi
and edit this copy there as follows (substitute NEW_LAYOUT with your layout, for instance fr):
<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">NEW_LAYOUT</merge>
I think this is where my settings were wrong on a previous install ..............
see if you can see anything wrong there....
pjnsmb
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Hey, thx! Now it works. Xkb.Rules in 10-keymap.fdi was wrong.
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