non us keyboards with cygwin, xfree86, Xwin -query XDMCP

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> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, pbs wrote:
> gives the error:
>   Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap

Well I've worked that one out from another post in the archive:

: These files should reside in /etc/X11/xkb and there should be a symlink to
: this directory at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb. If you don't have these files
: I'd suggest reinstalling the XFree packages with the cygwin setup. The
: XFree86-etc packaged should contain the files.

The symbolic link /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb was broken. I've fixed it
and the error message 
	Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
has gone away.

Without a config file, the log file now reads:
 (==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809), type "4"
 (EE) No primary keyboard configured
 (==) Using compiletime defaults for keyboard

BUT the characters at the login prompt are still US :-(

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, pbs wrote:
> 
>> Setup an out of the box cygwin installation with Xfree86
>>   bash-prompt$ uname -a
>>   CYGWIN_95-4.0 local_host 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i586[snip]
> 
> Which version of XFree86 is installed?
> 
> cygcheck -c XFree86-bin
> cygcheck -c XFree86-etc

Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version
XFree86-bin          4.2.0-3

Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version
XFree86-etc          4.2.0-1

> 
>  
>> The log file "/tmp/XWinrl.log"  contains the following error:
>>    (==) Using preset keyboard for "English (United Kingdom)" (00000809), 
>> type "4"
> 
> The configfile is not required. Your keyboard layout is preconfigured in 
> the xserver.

Thanks for the info I've moved the config file out of the way.

[snip]
> is /tmp mounted in textmode? 

I have no idea what this means. (I'll RTFM....)
Ah! I see!  How I dislike the VMS way of doing things!

> mount -b c:/windows/temp /tmp
>
> is the layout correct after switching to binmode?

Yes it works keys are what I expect them to be :-)

Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated.

Regards Philip