Bug#296434: unsubscribe

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:09:19 +0000

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 10:30:05PM +0100, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 04:55:43PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
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> > On 20-03-2005 10:20, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote:
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> > > But before trying to build the first gnome-based debian-edu-cd I ha=
ve
> > > one big problem:
> > >  bug #296434 - http://bugs.debian.org/296434
> > > I set up Norwegian (I've tried with danish as well), and in the
> > > console and in gdm everything seems to be set up correctly. but whe=
n
> > > gnome starts, I get US keyboard. This seems to have been a known bu=
g in
> > > Fedora Core around the time they switched from XFree86 packages to
> > > X.org packages, but Debian has not yet switched. I've tried with
> > > Ubuntu, and there things works.
> ...
> > > - SHould this bug be other priority than normal - I mean this bug i=
s
> > >   grave, as it prevents us from having a preconfigured environment.=
 I
> > >   would not like to tell hundreds of users to use
> > >   "gnome-keyboard-properties" to set up their keyboard even if X an=
d
> > >   keyboard has been set up correctly. I think It should be=20
> > >    grave - makes the package in question unusable or mostly so (may=
be
> > >            not)
> > >   or
> > >   important - a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a
> > >               package, without rendering it completely unusable to
> > >               everyone. (Applies to everyone that dont us US-keyboa=
rd)
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> > >  I Think it's an important bug.=20
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> > I agree it is _very_ annoying (and thanks for pointing me to the Redh=
at
> > ressources that helped me figure out what I thought was a local probl=
em
> > with my own setup!) but gconf settings _are_ changeable (as Lo=EFc al=
so
> > seems to write in his response), it just does not rely on either Xfre=
e86
> > or libc settings, and is not controllable through debconf.
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> > Try the following command (in a single line):
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> > # gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
> > xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set
> > /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb/layouts dk
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> Then I got something like (freely translated)=20
>   Error during activation of XKB-config=20
>   .....=20
>   please include something like=20
>   - printout of xprop -root | grep XKB
>   - printout of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
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> But since the activation of XKB-config fail - I now have a working
> keyboard :)=20
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> > If the above command works, I suggest keeping bug #296434 open but
> > priority normal or lower, and instead file a wishlist bugreport again=
st
> > localization-config to setup gconf2 similarly.
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> It should not be necesarry to reconfigure the keyboard for gnome, since
> it works perfectly in gdm. It should be possible to reprogram the
> keyboard but _not_ necesarry :(=20
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> I suggest we continue this discussion on
> debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org
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 -Ben

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