Re: XkbOptions stopped working !

From: Aharon Schkolnik (schkolnik_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Fri 27 Aug 2004 - 16:44:14 IDT


On Friday 27 August 2004 02:58 pm, Ofir Avni wrote:
> I've came across this mail of Aharon Schkolnik from 11 Jul 2004:
> > Hi.
> >
> >
> > I just installed new xorg rpms - xorg-x11-6.7.0-5, and the XkbOptions
> > seems to
> > have stopped working.
> >
> >
> > I have the line Option "XkbOptions"
> > "grp:switch,grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" (on one line) in
> > my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Used to be that ctrl-shift toggled between
> > Hebrew
> > and English keyboards. Now, it does nothing. However, if I enter the
>
> command
>
> > setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
>
> us,il
>
> > everything works fine.
> >
> >
> > Any ideas ?
> >
> > TIA
>
> I don't know whether you use gnome 2.6 or not, but I've encountered the
> same problem in gnome 2.6.
> It seems that since 2.6 the keyboard configuration of gnome
> (Preferences->keyboard) is overwriting the preferences in xorg.conf or
> personal preferences files (like .Xkbmap).

I have gnome 2.6 installed, but use KDE.

>
> This is of course very annoying. I've encountered a discussion here:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/07/msg00043.html
>
> Hope that helps,
> Ofir Avni

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