02-22-2017
Debian Etch - install us-keyboard driver
Hi,
i'm using a debian-4.0r1 on an old subnet machine.
I have to extend it with an other keyboard [United States Keyboard layout - cherry].
What i have is a DVD of etch 4.0r7.
How can i install and load the keyboard-driver for the us-keyboard?
Can anybody please give me a hint how to do that?
Thanks in advance
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xkbgetgeometry
XkbGetGeometry(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbGetGeometry(3)
NAME
XkbGetGeometry - Loads a keyboard geometry if you already have the keyboard description
SYNOPSIS
Status XkbGetGeometry (Display *dpy, XkbDescPtr xkb);
ARGUMENTS
- dpy connection to the X server
- xkb keyboard description that contains the ID for the keyboard and into which the geometry should be loaded
DESCRIPTION
You can load a keyboard geometry as part of the keyboard description returned by XkbGetKeyboard. However, if a keyboard description has
been previously loaded, you can instead obtain the geometry by calling the XkbGetGeometry. In this case, the geometry returned is the one
associated with the keyboard whose device ID is contained in the keyboard description.
XkbGetGeometry can return BadValue, BadImplementation, BadName, BadAlloc, or BadLength errors or Success if it succeeds.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadAlloc Unable to allocate storage
BadImplementation
Invalid reply from server
BadLength The length of a request is shorter or longer than that required to minimally contain the arguments
BadName A font or color of the specified name does not exist
BadValue An argument is out of range
SEE ALSO
XkbGetKeyboard(3)
X Version 11 libX11 1.6.0 XkbGetGeometry(3)