Re: Some keys aren't working in X
Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote:
>
> We have several GW machine here. But I haven't had a hand on new PIII with
> Rage128 yet.
>
> How do you set up XF86Config. Have you check XKB enable/disable in
> XF86Config?
>
> That's the point I'll look into first.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 03:53:18AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> > I've recently installed Debian on a new Gateway PIII-400. Everything is
> > dandy, except in the X Window System some of my keys don't work,
> > particularly the arrow keys and page-up/page-down keys. It doesn't
> > matter what wm I'm using.
> >
> > I do get an error about some non-fatal xkeyboard xmapper problem, but I
> > don't think that's it because I've seen this message on other boxen and
> > they didn't exhibit this same behaviour. Besides, a search on the Debian
> > mail archives found the exact error text (I don't have the text
> > available at the moment), and the posters don't mention the
> > non-functioning keys symptoms that I have. (BTW, I never saw any
> > follow-up answers to those questions -- does no one know the answer, or
> > did I just not have an efficient enough search working for me?).
> >
> > I tried to read the manuals on xkeyboard/xmapper/console & X/etc, but
> > couldn't make heads or tails out of it. I reckon I'm still too much of a
> > newbie to understand Linux documentation (but I'm workin' on it...).
> >
> > BTW, I had to resort to the FBDev method of getting my X system to work
> > with my currently-unsupported Rage128 video card; that may or may not
> > have any bearing on my problem.
> >
> > Any clues would be appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> >
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XF86Config is very simple; it doesn't even mention XKB enable/disable,
but another copy of XF86Config has XKBDisabled commented out, and the
man page implies that the XKBEXTENSION is enabled by default.
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