Errata: How to install Xgl/Compiz (Nvidia)

[KeithUK]

Where the text has;

"Insert the following lines into the new file. Replace .us with appropriate keyboard binding for region. Eg .uk for United Kingdom."

should say;

"Insert the following lines into the new file. Replace .us with appropriate keyboard binding for region. Eg .gb for Great Britain (uk is Ukraine not United Kingdom."

It's useful to do;

ls /usr/share/xmodmap

at this point and find the most appropriate keyboard mapping by inspecting the list of filenames. For example the most appropriate one for many United Kingdom users is "xmodmap.gb-105"

Thanks for keeping the guide up to date, it's invaluable. :D

[stubby]

Done !

Thanks for the correction.

[KeithUK]

More bad news I'm afraid :( it seems the .gb keyboard mappings are wrong. I suspect they have got mixed up somehow. This looks like a Debian bug so I'm off to the Debian site to see if it's been reported and look for some workarounds.

I'll update here if I make any progress.

[KeithUK]

I think the error might be in the line;

xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.xx

in the definition of the file /usr/bin/thefuture.

I think this might be better as;

setxkbmap gb

See man setxkbmap for more info.