[Gllug] Why does X ignore my keyboard settings?
Frank Scott
fscott at frasco.demon.co.uk
Wed Aug 25 08:44:19 UTC 2004
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:55:51PM +0100, John Winters wrote:
> I've set up a fresh install of Debian Sarge for my work box and have a
> really odd problem with X. I chose "gb" for the keyboard but the system
> insists on treating it as a "us" keyboard. Snippet from config file:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
> EndSection
>
> which is the same as I have on my other boxes, and yet all the crucial
> keys come up in their American positions and not where they should. The
> startup log for X says it is using gb layout - what else would stop it
> from doing what it says it's doing?
>
The only difference I have for my UK keyboard Debian Sarge m/c is the addition of
Option "XkbVariant" "gb"
in the keyboard stanza
Frank
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