1 Notes about the Debian xkb-data package
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4 Support of Apple keyboards
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7 Apple keyboards have been mostly unusable with XKB for years,
8 and many unofficial files spread around the Internet to fix
9 this mess. Fortunately this issue has been fixed now, thanks
10 to testers on the debian-powerpc mailing list, and changes
11 have been merged upstream.
13 The following models are available:
15 For old kernels with ADB keycodes
16 * ibook powerbook macbook78 macbook79
17 Laptop, 3rd and 4th levels are obtained by the small Enter key.
20 These models look for symbols in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh_vndr,
21 which means that the following layouts can be selected:
22 ch de dk es fi fr gb is it latam nl no pt se us
24 PC models can be selected, to have access to more layouts. Some options
25 may then be added to have the same behavior as with Macintosh keyboards.
26 Here is a (non exhaustive) list of relevant options:
27 * lv3:lwin_switch Press left Apple-key to choose 3rd level.
28 * lv3:enter_switch Press Enter key on keypad to choose 3rd level.
29 * numpad:mac Numpad keys work as with Macintosh keyboards.
30 * apple:badmap Swap keycodes of two keys when Mac keyboards are
31 misdetected by kernel.
33 Variants have been added to PC layouts to emulate Macintosh layouts.
36 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
37 Option "XkbModel" "ibook"
38 Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
40 in /etc/X11/xorg.conf can be replaced by
42 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
43 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
44 Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
45 Option "XkbVariant" "mac"
46 Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:enter_switch,apple:badmap,numpad:mac"
48 Denis Barbier <barbier@debian.org> Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:51:12 +0200
53 Since 0.8-3, all the files in /etc/X11/xkb/ were moved to
54 /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols. If you want to clean /etc/X11/xkb/, you need
57 Your 'Fn' key is not working
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60 On some laptops (Gateway MX6453 for instance), when X starts with
61 numlock on, the 'Fn' key is toggled the wrong way. Just turn numlock off
62 to get the 'Fn' key work again.
64 Mohammed Adnène Trojette <adn+deb@diwi.org> Thu, 01 May 2008 02:36:13 +0200