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Operating Systems Linux Debian Debian Etch - install us-keyboard driver Post 302992203 by IMPe on Wednesday 22nd of February 2017 10:22:13 PM
Old 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(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 1.5.0 XkbGetGeometry(3)
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