Re: switching XF86Config.in

From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 09:42:15 CEST


On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 02:34:39AM +0200, Denis Bredelet nicely wrote:
> Very nice... I could even run X window on an external display :-))
> I picked a config file on a website and it works! The only thing now is
> that I have 2 distinct XF86Config.in files... I wrote a script to switch
> between external and internal display, but that's not good...

In mulinux, startx call xf86config (both in /usr/X11R6/bin). The
command xf86config create the link:

                /etc/X11/XF86Config -> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config

then fill the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config translating the
XF86Config.in

>
> Also I am not happy with the keyboard mapping. The "AltGr" (right alt)
> key does not work well. I could not type "]", and when I use this key
> the keyboard locks in a weird mode (xterm title bar displays [Greek
> iso]). It is necessary to press it again to restore the normal mode.

This is a feature of the xterm version used. It is important to press
contemporarily the two key.

Michele

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