XKB doesn't work

[Alexander Gottwald]

Robert Hönlinger wrote:

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

With the new version the xf86config patch is now build into the server. 
You can configure the xkb options in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.

If you dont't have that file, get it from
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/XF86Config-4.bz2

bye
    ago
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