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Re: Unable to get french keyboard with XDMCP connexion on AIX
- From: "Francis VIVAT" <francis dot vivat at cetp dot ipsl dot fr>
- To: "frederic bregier" <fbregier at webmails dot com>, "Franz Wolfhagen" <FRANZW at dk dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 09:57:48 +0200
- Subject: Re: Unable to get french keyboard with XDMCP connexion on AIX
- References: <OF710495D5.FF653B71-ONC1256BB2.002167EE-C1256BB2.0021E9ED@sto.se.ibm.com>
Hi,
the xmodmap work only AFTER your login.
The main problem is the login phase.
I haven't tried, but is the +kb option solve the pre-login keyboard ?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Franz Wolfhagen" <FRANZW@dk.ibm.com>
To: "frederic bregier" <fbregier@webmails.com>
Cc: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: Unable to get french keyboard with XDMCP connexion on AIX
>
> get a xmodmap.fr file and add the following line (after the xwin command)
> in the start shell :
>
> xmodmap <location of your xmodmap file>/xmodmap.fr
>
> Trust me - it works - you can also transfer a xmodmap.fr file to your AIX
> machines and run the same command on them - X doesn't care if you run the
> xmodmap command on the client or the server (please try to read my appends
> carefully....) you just have to ensure your DISPLAY variable is correct.
It
> may be a problem running the xmodmap command on the AIX as you have a
> french keyboard with an US layout - so you have to experiment a little to
> find the correct keys....
>
> BTW - I have succesfuly run the +kb option against a 4.3.3 AIX machine
with
> no problem - so you could try ....
>
> Med venlig hilsen / Regards
> Franz Wolfhagen
>
>