Keyboard layouts

[Marcelo Magno T. Sales]

Hi,

I'll just clarify a little my question below, because probably just a
few of you use an ABNT keyboard and, the way I asked, my question seemed
to be specifically about this keyboard layout.
However, what I really would like to know is how keyboard layouts work
in Fedora. I would think that the ABNT layout I select in KDE Control
Center would be the same layout which is used when I select an ABNT
keyboard in Anaconda during installation, but apparently it's not like
that. Selecting the ABNT layout in anaconda works, but in KDE Control
Center it works partially (two keys become misconfigured, the others are
ok).
Also, I'd like to get more information about how to create new keyboard
layouts from scratch and about xkb configuration in general.
Thanks in advance for any information on this or tips about where to
find it.

[]'s
Marcelo


Em Qua, 2005-09-21 às 14:08 +0000, Marcelo Magno T. Sales escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> I use an ABNT keyboard. While installing FC4, I have chosen this
> keyboard layout and it worked ok, in text mode and in KDE. However,
> after enabling keyboard layouts in KDE (Control Center / Regional &
> accessibility / Keyboard layout / Enable keyboard layouts), two keys
> become misconfigured, no matter which keyboard model I choose with ABNT
> layout. I can only correct this problem by removing the xkbdrc file
> created by Control Center after the change. However, this way I cannot
> select a keyboard model.
> Why does the ABNT layout work ok when "keyboard layouts" is off and
> misbehave when it's on?
> I'm not sure, but I think this worked ok on FC3.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marcelo
>