Bug#296434: gnome for debian-edu

[Jonas Smedegaard]

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On 20-03-2005 10:20, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote:
> Debian-edu/Skolelinux is crafted around a good network setup, a almost
> complete set of tools, and easy to install installation cd.=20
>=20
> But much of the tools are based upon kde, which has a strong base here
> in Norway, and also in Germany. IF we think back on the state of
> gnome/KDE in woody, I think that the selected Desktop was the correct
> to select. But since then GNome has come a long way. And personally I
> like GNome better than KDE.
> But before trying to build the first gnome-based debian-edu-cd I have
> one big problem:
>  bug #296434 - http://bugs.debian.org/296434
> I set up Norwegian (I've tried with danish as well), and in the
> console and in gdm everything seems to be set up correctly. but when
> gnome starts, I get US keyboard. This seems to have been a known bug in
> Fedora Core around the time they switched from XFree86 packages to
> X.org packages, but Debian has not yet switched. I've tried with
> Ubuntu, and there things works.


> So I have two questions for you:=20
> - Does this problem applies in German, French and other languages as
>   well ?=20

I believe it applies to all non-US locales. Try this (in a single line):

$ grep -A 4 layouts
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_peripherals_keyboard_xkb.schemas


> - SHould this bug be other priority than normal - I mean this bug is
>   grave, as it prevents us from having a preconfigured environment. I
>   would not like to tell hundreds of users to use
>   "gnome-keyboard-properties" to set up their keyboard even if X and
>   keyboard has been set up correctly. I think It should be=20
>    grave - makes the package in question unusable or mostly so (maybe
>            not)
>   or
>   important - a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a
>               package, without rendering it completely unusable to
>               everyone. (Applies to everyone that dont us US-keyboard)
>=20
>  I Think it's an important bug.=20

I agree it is _very_ annoying (and thanks for pointing me to the Redhat
ressources that helped me figure out what I thought was a local problem
with my own setup!) but gconf settings _are_ changeable (as Lo=EFc also
seems to write in his response), it just does not rely on either Xfree86
or libc settings, and is not controllable through debconf.

Try the following command (in a single line):

# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set
/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb/layouts dk


If the above command works, I suggest keeping bug #296434 open but
priority normal or lower, and instead file a wishlist bugreport against
localization-config to setup gconf2 similarly.


 - Jonas

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