[Grml] How to setup Xorg keyboard layout ?

Darshaka Pathirana dpat at syn-net.org
Tue Sep 6 19:00:01 CEST 2011


On 02.09.2011 07:54, Frédéric Boiteux wrote:
> Le Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:22:52 +0200,
> Darshaka Pathirana<dpat at syn-net.org>  a écrit :
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> On 01.09.2011 13:53, Frédéric Boiteux wrote:
>>>>>     Could you tell me what syntax can we use in xkeyboard
>>> definition, or how to setup my Bépo keyboard layout (if possible) ?
>>
>> Hmm. Variants of keyboard layouts (currently) does not seem to be
>> implemented:
>>
>> [1] http://qr.cx/J1ri
>>
>> One need to add a new bootoption (e.g. xkeyvariant) and introduce a
>> new variable (e.g. XKEYVARIANT) in '/etc/grml/autoconfig.functions' to
>> write this into '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard'.
>>
>> After that this variable needs to be parsed by 'grml_keyboard' in
>> '$HOME/.xinitrc.d' resp. '/etc/skel/.xinitrc.d'.
>>
>> With these changes it should be possible to set "xkeyboard=fr
>> xkeyvariant=bepo".
>>
>> I've attached two (untested) patches (against the files in grml
>> 2011.05) to get an idea. Maybe it can be helpful or even useful.. ;)
>
> 	Thanks for your quick reply !
>
>    I don't know well grml yet, only tested the ISO, so I don't know what
> to do with your patches yet :-)
>    Perhaps it could be simpler to add a new choice in the console menu
> proposing different keyboard layouts ?
>
>
>         Fred.



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