kxkb shows Err

virtual persia vp_admin at web.de
Tue May 18 14:58:03 BST 2004


Ok, I found the solution myself. I just had missed to choose a keyboard the. After 
chosing "generic 105 keyboard" everything worked again. yet, that's an usability issue. 
The other options should be greyed out before a keyboard type is chosen. 
Software must be intelligent enough to compensate the stupidity of us users. 
 
momesana 
 
 
kde at mail.kde.org schrieb am 16.05.04 21:18:57: 
>  
> Hi all,  
> I have recently tried out the X window server from X.org (version 6.7.0) and  
> needed to replace the existing /usr/X11R6 and /etc/x11 directories. But Of  
> course I copied them to another location instead of overwriting them.  
>   
> Since I did't have any keymaps to choose from under the X.org server I  
> decided to switch back and thus copied the original X server files back to  
> their previous location.  
>   
> But since then, I cannot use the keymaps anymore. The Kxkb Icon shows an Err  
> instead of the previous keymap-symbols. I recompiled Xfree, as well as kde  
> in order to fix that problem but it was all in vain.  
>   
> The funny thing is that the setkbmap command shown for each of the keymaps  
> perfektly works in the shell. I just enter them and press return and they  
> take effect.  
>   
> Can anyone tell me how to solve this issue? Do I need to recompile any  
> package to make kxkb work again?  
>   
> Please send a copy of your reply to momesana at yahoo.de  
>   
> Thanx in advance,  
> momesana.  
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Ok, I found the solution myself. I just had missed to choose a keyboard the. After 
chosing "generic 105 keyboard" everything worked again. yet, that's an usability issue. 
The other options should be greyed out before a keyboard type is chosen. 
Software must be intelligent enough to compensate the stupidity of us users. 
 
momesana 
 
 
kde at mail.kde.org schrieb am 16.05.04 21:18:57: 
>  
> Hi all,  
> I have recently tried out the X window server from X.org (version 6.7.0) and  
> needed to replace the existing /usr/X11R6 and /etc/x11 directories. But Of  
> course I copied them to another location instead of overwriting them.  
>   
> Since I did't have any keymaps to choose from under the X.org server I  
> decided to switch back and thus copied the original X server files back to  
> their previous location.  
>   
> But since then, I cannot use the keymaps anymore. The Kxkb Icon shows an Err  
> instead of the previous keymap-symbols. I recompiled Xfree, as well as kde  
> in order to fix that problem but it was all in vain.  
>   
> The funny thing is that the setkbmap command shown for each of the keymaps  
> perfektly works in the shell. I just enter them and press return and they  
> take effect.  
>   
> Can anyone tell me how to solve this issue? Do I need to recompile any  
> package to make kxkb work again?  
>   
> Please send a copy of your reply to momesana at yahoo.de  
>   
> Thanx in advance,  
> momesana.  
> _____________________________________________________________________ 
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kde at mail.kde.org schrieb am 16.05.04 21:18:57: 
>  
> Hi all,  
> I have recently tried out the X window server from X.org (version 6.7.0) and  
> needed to replace the existing /usr/X11R6 and /etc/x11 directories. But Of  
> course I copied them to another location instead of overwriting them.  
>   
> Since I did't have any keymaps to choose from under the X.org server I  
> decided to switch back and thus copied the original X server files back to  
> their previous location.  
>   
> But since then, I cannot use the keymaps anymore. The Kxkb Icon shows an Err  
> instead of the previous keymap-symbols. I recompiled Xfree, as well as kde  
> in order to fix that problem but it was all in vain.  
>   
> The funny thing is that the setkbmap command shown for each of the keymaps  
> perfektly works in the shell. I just enter them and press return and they  
> take effect.  
>   
> Can anyone tell me how to solve this issue? Do I need to recompile any  
> package to make kxkb work again?  
>   
> Please send a copy of your reply to momesana at yahoo.de  
>   
> Thanx in advance,  
> momesana.  
> _____________________________________________________________________ 
> Der WEB.DE Virenschutz schuetzt Ihr Postfach vor dem Wurm Netsky.A-P! 
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