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UK keyboard layout problem
- From: "Kris Thielemans" <kris dot thielemans at csc dot mrc dot ac dot uk>
- To: "Cygwin-Xfree" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:40:55 +0100
- Subject: UK keyboard layout problem
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi
since updating the XFree version to the latest version (via cygwin setup), I
always have the US keyboard layout. Note that I had the appropriate UK
layout before without having to do anything at all (I did skip a few updates
so unfortunately can't tell you from when this happened).
So, I tried to read the FAQ and did the following:
I modified startxwin.bat to do:
XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons -xkblayout uk
but that didn't help.
Then I tried the testing procedure given on the web page:
setxkbmap de -model pc105
but I get the following:
Couldn't interpret _XKB_RULES_NAMES property
Use defaults: rules - 'xorg' model - 'pc101' layout - 'us'
Couldn't find rules file (xorg)
Potentially related is that I don't seem to have
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb, but only
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb.old-1
What can I do?
(running NT 4.0 sp6a and the latest cygwin according to what setup says)
Thanks!
Kris Thielemans
Hammersmith Imanet
Cyclotron Building
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 ONN, United Kingdom
web site address: http://www.hammersmithimanet.com/~kris