XKB doesn't work

Dr. Volker Zell Dr.Volker.Zell@oracle.com
Thu Oct 24 05:28:00 GMT 2002


>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Hönlinger <R.Hoenlinger@gmx.de> writes:

    Robert> Hello,
    Robert> I just installed the new Cygwin/XFree86 server and discovered two problems:
    Robert> Calling "start XWin +kb -xkbmap de" no longer works. Instead of
    Robert> loading the keymap file /tmp/de.xkm it is deleted from the /tmp
    Robert> directory. This command worked with the previous version of
    Robert> Cygwin/XFree86. Then neither "XWin -help" nor "XWin --help" writes any
    Robert> information about its parameters to the shell window. It returns
    Robert> immediately to the shell.

Try the new support for the XF86Config file.
There is a version available from

o http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/test-config-1/X-Server.tar.bz2

It works perfect here for a german keyboard.

    Robert> Regards,
    Robert> Robert

Ciao
  Volker



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