Swedish keymap .. impossible?

[nicefinger]

My vector is a nice experience .. but some errors are there that needs to be solved.
During install one could choose keymap. There is a box to test it. Swedish did not work .. I choosed default english and hoped to solve the problem later. But it seems hard.
You can not do it via GUI, not possible to add keymaps there. I tried to change xorg.conf but do not know exactly how.
Swedish keymap package seems broken.
From xorg.0.log

..
(EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0)
(EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
(WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
..
(WW) Option "XkbModel" requires an string value
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "se"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "se"
(WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
..

Can someone get something out of that?

[caitlyn]

It's actually pretty easy to do in Xorg.conf.  Open the file in your favorite text editor as root.  Look for the line that reads:

Code:

Option  "XkbLayout"  "us"    ## KEYBOARD_MAP!

Change us to the correct code for Sweden (sv IIRC).  You'll need to logout of X.  The next time you start X you should have the correct keyboard layout.

HTH,
Cait

[nicefinger]

Eeeh .. I tried that .. was not that easy ..

[caitlyn]

Well... that did work for my Hebrew keyboard so I don't know what else to suggest.  Sorry...

[M0E-lnx]

You can also try

Code:

setxkbmap -layout <your_keyboard_layout_here> [-model <your_keyboard_model_here]

the -model option is optional

[nicefinger]

Code:

nicefinger:$ setxkbmap -layout se
Error loading new keyboard description

No it does not work ....

[M0E-lnx]

That's an upstream problem with xorg... not Vector.
Google that error message and see for yourself

[nicefinger]

That's an upstream problem with xorg... not Vector.
Google that error message and see for yourself

Okeyyy .... I what can I do about it?

[OldNoob]

Hello mannen. Read this : http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=2595.0 ( open a terminal window,go root and type mc press enter and you got a nice filemanager with built in editor just go to to file and press F4 ) Try this and good luck!