Xnest and german Keyboard Layout

From: michael (michael.bierenfeld_at_web.de)
Date: 12/22/04

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    Sorry this was also posted to comp.windows.x. But I did not receive
    any answer ... So once again

    Hi there,

    I am using Xnest to connect to other boxes running xdm etc.

    "Xnest -query worf :1" gives me a xdm loggin. German "Umlauts" like ö
    ä ü work fine but any Special Character like "Pipe" | or "Open Square"
    [ do not work. In general all Keys created with <AltGr> + <Key> do not
    work.

    Xnest says something about -xkbmap "map to use" but I cannot figure
    out how this is done. for example :

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    lvmbi@worf:/~ > Xnest -query worf :1 -xkbmap xfree86
    Error opening keymap file xfree86, reverting to defaults
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    or

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    lvmbi@worf:/~ > Xnest -query worf :1 -xkbdir /usr/lib/X11/xkb/rules
    -xkbdb xfree86
    Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    does not work either. Pls can somebody give me an example how to get
    the correct keymap it should be pc104(de) and how to start Xnest with
    that.

    As a try I started Xnest with

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    lvmbi@worf:/~ >Xnest -query worf :1 -xkbdir /usr/lib/X11/xkb/rules
    -xkbdb xfree86 -xkbmap "de(pc104)"
    sh: line 1: /usr/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xkbcomp: Datei oder Verzeichnis
    nicht gefunden
    sh: line 1: /usr/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xkbcomp: Datei oder Verzeichnis
    nicht gefunden
    Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
    Error opening keymap file de(pc104), reverting to defaults
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    I have no idea whats going on.

    Regards

    Michael

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