Subject: Re: Keyboard problem with XFree
To: Marc Baudoin <babafou@babafou.eu.org>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/20/2001 16:05:27
Marc Baudoin <babafou@babafou.eu.org> writes:

> Edouard G. Parmelan <egp@free.fr> =81=E9crit :
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:44:43PM +0200, Marc Baudoin wrote:
> >=20
> > > gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net> =81=E9crit :
> > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:31:34PM +0200, Marc Baudoin wrote:
> > > > > wrong.  For instance, "exit\n" is "1n538".  I have a US keyboard
> > > >=20
> > > > I don't quite understand the problem.
> > > >=20
> > > > Typing the keys e, x, i, t, \, n produces 1n538 on screen?
> > >=20
> > > Yes, which is not really convenient.
> >=20
> > Try to add 'Option "XkbModel" "macintosh"' in your InputDevice section.
> > It's the definition I have under GNU/Linux.
>=20
> No, same problem, with "macintosh" or "macadb".

I had to create the directory /var/db/xkb for one of the
keyboard-setup compiliers to be willing to do it's thing. After that,
"macadb" worked fine (it's what I'm typing this message on).

        - Nathan