Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] How to use special keys on X on german ibook

[Martin Monsorno]

Martin Monsorno <monsorno@×××××××××.de> writes:

> Hi *,
>
> I read many tips for this, but couldn't achieve to type a '~' or a '@'
> on my ibook.  For the console, I followed the instructions on
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/keyboard_german.shtml,
> which worked quite well.  For X, it didn't work.
>
> When starting X with 'startx', I get the error message "Couldn't load
> XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap".  The hint in the PPC-FAQ
> doesn't help: /var/tmp has the file permissions "drwxrwxrwt" (btw:
> what does the "t" mean?), changing them to "drwxrwxrwx" doesn't change
> anything.
>
> How do you type a '@' on your ibook in X?

Nothing has happened since then ...

Thanks to Marcio for his suggestions, but sadly I was not successful
with xkeycaps to map the Apple-command key to AltGr, whats what I did
with the console.

Any more suggestions?

Or am I the only non-US-keyboard-ibook-Gentoo-X user?

-- 
Martin

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