xfree86 & xkb

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: xfree86 & xkb
started by: _cd

Posted by _cd on Sep. 25 2005,03:08

Hi, I'm trying to get the "ca" (canadian french) keyboard layout from xfree, but I get the following problems (note that my XF86Config-4 file is valid, it worked with a Debian install with xfree.org's 4.3 version):

First, I get these errors in the output window (ctrl-alt-F1):

error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Couldn't load xkb keymap, falling back to pre-xkb keymap.

I followed the symlinks to xserver dir, which points to /etc/X11.
It also complained about symbols not found. So I installed the XF86Config.dsl, and just loading it at startup (I have a frugal install with all I can pointed to a separate partition - mydsl, opt, home). With this, it goes a little further (it seems to add some files like keymaps and symbols), but it gives me this error:

sh: line 1: /usr/X11R6/xkb/xkbcomp: no such file or directory.

What can I do? this keyboard layout is vital for me since my primary use for this is to take notes in class... Anyone else had problems or success with this??

Thanks,
Charles.

Posted by francksau on Sep. 28 2005,15:07

hello _CD
Have you a solution for your problem , i've got exactly the same , for my keboard french , alt gr , don't work .

the log xfree is error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Couldn't load xkb keymap, falling back to pre-xkb keymap.

i google , i found , it'a problem with xlibs , i try to update xlibs but with no success .
look at :
< http://sysadminforum.com/showthread.php?t=127452 >
< http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2003/12/msg00204.html) >

I hope someone have a solution , it's very important for me too .

franck

Posted by francksau on Oct. 02 2005,12:28

ok find ,

I use this topic :
< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=6769 >

and that my .xmodmap-box :

!
! This is an `xmodmap' input file for
! PC 105 key, wide Delete, tall Enter (XFree86; French) keyboards.
! Automatically generated on Sun Oct 2 14:04:02 2005 by dsl with
! XKeyCaps 2.46; Copyright © 1999 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>.
! < http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/ >
!
! This file makes the following changes:
!
! The "##" key generates NoSymbol

keycode 0x09 = Escape
keycode 0x43 = F1
keycode 0x44 = F2
keycode 0x45 = F3
keycode 0x46 = F4
keycode 0x47 = F5
keycode 0x48 = F6
keycode 0x49 = F7
keycode 0x4A = F8
keycode 0x4B = F9
keycode 0x4C = F10
keycode 0x5F = F11
keycode 0x60 = F12
keycode 0x6F = Print Execute
keycode 0x4E = Scroll_Lock
keycode 0x6E = Pause Break
keycode 0x31 = twosuperior asciitilde notsign
keycode 0x0A = ampersand 1 onesuperior exclamdown
keycode 0x0B = eacute 2 asciitilde oneeighth
keycode 0x0C = quotedbl 3 numbersign sterling
keycode 0x0D = apostrophe 4 braceleft dollar
keycode 0x0E = parenleft 5 bracketleft threeeighths
keycode 0x0F = minus 6 bar fiveeighths
keycode 0x10 = egrave 7 grave seveneighths
keycode 0x11 = underscore 8 backslash trademark
keycode 0x12 = ccedilla 9 asciicircum plusminus
keycode 0x13 = agrave 0 at degree
keycode 0x14 = parenright degree bracketright questiondown
keycode 0x15 = equal plus braceright dead_ogonek
keycode 0x16 = BackSpace
keycode 0x6A = Insert
keycode 0x61 = Home
keycode 0x63 = Prior
keycode 0x4D = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
keycode 0x70 = KP_Divide
keycode 0x3F = KP_Multiply
keycode 0x52 = KP_Subtract
keycode 0x17 = Tab ISO_Left_Tab
keycode 0x18 = a A ae AE
keycode 0x19 = z Z guillemotleft less
keycode 0x1A = e E
keycode 0x1B = r R paragraph registered
keycode 0x1C = t T tslash Tslash
keycode 0x1D = y Y leftarrow yen
keycode 0x1E = u U downarrow uparrow
keycode 0x1F = i I rightarrow idotless
keycode 0x20 = o O oslash Ooblique
keycode 0x21 = p P thorn THORN
keycode 0x22 = dead_circumflex dead_diaeresis dead_diaeresis dead_abovering
keycode 0x23 = dollar sterling currency dead_macron
keycode 0x24 = Return
keycode 0x6B = Delete
keycode 0x67 = End
keycode 0x69 = Next
keycode 0x4F = KP_Home KP_7
keycode 0x50 = KP_Up KP_8
keycode 0x51 = KP_Prior KP_9
keycode 0x56 = KP_Add
keycode 0x42 = Caps_Lock
keycode 0x26 = q Q at Greek_OMEGA
keycode 0x27 = s S ssharp section
keycode 0x28 = d D eth ETH
keycode 0x29 = f F dstroke ordfeminine
keycode 0x2A = g G eng ENG
keycode 0x2B = h H hstroke Hstroke
keycode 0x2C = j J
keycode 0x2D = k K kra ampersand
keycode 0x2E = l L lstroke Lstroke
keycode 0x2F = m M mu masculine
keycode 0x30 = ugrave percent dead_circumflex dead_caron
keycode 0x33 = asterisk mu dead_grave dead_breve
keycode 0x53 = KP_Left KP_4
keycode 0x54 = KP_Begin KP_5
keycode 0x55 = KP_Right KP_6
keycode 0x32 = Shift_L
keycode 0x5E = less greater bar brokenbar
keycode 0x34 = w W lstroke Lstroke
keycode 0x35 = x X guillemotright greater
keycode 0x36 = c C cent copyright
keycode 0x37 = v V leftdoublequotemark grave
keycode 0x38 = b B rightdoublequotemark apostrophe
keycode 0x39 = n N
keycode 0x3A = comma question dead_acute dead_doubleacute
keycode 0x3B = semicolon period horizconnector multiply
keycode 0x3C = colon slash periodcentered division
keycode 0x3D = exclam section dead_belowdot dead_abovedot
keycode 0x3E = Shift_R
keycode 0x62 = Up
keycode 0x57 = KP_End KP_1
keycode 0x58 = KP_Down KP_2
keycode 0x59 = KP_Next KP_3
keycode 0x6C = KP_Enter
keycode 0x25 = Control_L
keycode 0x73 = Meta_L
keycode 0x40 = Alt_L
keycode 0x41 = space
keycode 0x71 = Mode_switch
keycode 0x74 = Multi_key
keycode 0x75 = NoSymbol
keycode 0x6D = Control_R
keycode 0x64 = Left
keycode 0x68 = Down
keycode 0x66 = Right
keycode 0x5A = KP_Insert KP_0
keycode 0x5B = KP_Delete KP_Decimal

clear Shift
clear Lock
clear Control
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
clear Mod3
clear Mod4
clear Mod5

add Shift = Shift_L Shift_R
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L Control_R
add Mod1 = Alt_L
add Mod2 = Num_Lock
add Mod3 = Mode_switch
add Mod4 = Meta_L
add Mod5 = Scroll_Lock

and then I run xmodmap .xmodmap-box

Posted by _cd on Oct. 10 2005,13:31

Not sure if you solved your problem or not, but here's my solution :

- grabbed the whole /etc/X11/xkb dir from my Knoppix 4 dvd (running), but replacing the symlibk to xkbcomp with the real one.

- copied to a dir on my mydsl partition

- make a symlink /etc/X11/xkb pointing to the previous dir.

- copied the SecurityPolicy from Knoppix to /etc/X11/xserver

- put etc/X11/xkb and /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy to my .filetool.lst

I have no idea what SecurityPolicy does, and it would work without it but with an error message.

Now it works, but I get an error from xkbcomp complaining about an extra symbol.

The only problem left is that dead keys don't work. No idea why. but I modified my xkb/symbols/pc/ca file to put the accented letters on altgr.