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RE: Problem connecting to Solaris 8 systems using Xwin
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: Martin McNelis <martin dot mcnelis at tecnomen dot ie>
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:44:18 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: RE: Problem connecting to Solaris 8 systems using Xwin
- References: <5ABC4497FD46ED44908A8A58B1853B9A155613@babylon.tecnomen.ie>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Martin McNelis wrote:
>From the log:
(WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
(WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
This indicates that these entries in the configfile are not
written with quotation marks. eg
Option "XkbVariant" = "nodeadkeys"
> > I get the following:
> > $ xwin -query snail -fp tcp/snail:7100
> > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> > > Error: Can't find file "pc/uk" for symbols include
> > > Exiting
> > > Abandoning symbols file "default"
> > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> > > Error: Can't find file "pc/uk" for symbols include
> > > Exiting
> > > Abandoning symbols file "default"
> > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Either this is a broken installation where some files in /etc/X11/xkb
are not properly installed or Solaris calls xkbcomp with wrong values.
Btw: The keyboard layout for the U.K. is called gb. I'm not sure
if uk means something else, but IÄve found no other definition in the
Cygwin/X distribution.
bye
ago
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