Euro sign

[bshogeman]

I can't type the euro sign in porteus. Both combinations are not valid:
Ctl-Alt-5 or AltGr-5 (right alt)

I know about the cheatcodes: kmap= and timezone= but can't solve the problem with this.

I use only: timezone=Europe/Amsterdam
Keyboards that we use are US-International (Euro symbol engraved on the 5 key)
With kmap=us the eurosign isn't usable. but as you look in the file it must be defined.

[fanthom]

just checked and booting with 'kmap=nl' cheatcode and AltGr-e gives me € symbol.

[bshogeman]

kmap=nl mess ups other keys and the key on the keyboard (us-int) is located on the 5 key. But with kmap=nl there is also a symbol generated for AltGr-5 so I think I can solve the problem by modifing the us layout file. All symbols / buttons are right in that file except the eurosymbol.

[bshogeman]

Is there a pretty way to setxkbmap -rules xorg -layout "us" -variant "intl"
Don't tested yet if all keys are correct but something like this seems to solve the problem.
I mean can this command also be formated with the kmap cheatcode?
Now I use cliexec ore guiexec works the same but is a little longer in the string and the kmap cheatcode is designed for this task.

[wread]

This problem I had already in my office. I solved it elegantly this way

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#!/bin/bash
#Set keybord us alt-intl
setxkbdmap us -variant atl-intl
#

Save it as setkbdus-int.sh, make it executable and put it in /rootcopy/etc/profile.d/ and reboot.

Good luck!

[fanthom]

Now I use cliexec ore guiexec works the same but is a little longer in the string and the kmap cheatcode is designed for this task.

agree. for next porteus release i'll tweak 'kmap=' cheatcode so it'll be possible to use variants. the syntax will be: 'kamp=$layout:$variant' like 'kmap=us:intl'.

thanks for suggestion.

[Hamza]

@Fanthom -- Don't forget to remember to add this possibility to web wizard

[fanthom]

@Hamza
was talking about the ISO. up to you if you want to include kbd variants in web wizard (this may be tough as every layout has different variants).

[bshogeman]

Does somebody know the solution for the following error message?
Warning: No translation for (keysym 0x20ac, Eurosign)
This error happends when you press the eurosign when connected with rdp to a remote with rdesktop (included in porteus 2.1) or xfreerdp (1.0.2).

The solution for the eurosign worked for the porteus desktop but not for remote sessions with rdesktop or freerdp

[Hamza]

It simply doesn't understand/support the character you have sent. Try with another special character to be sure.

[bshogeman]

True but that way I still haven't got a eurosign in a remote session.

[Hamza]

Which charset you have set on software used to control the remote computer?

[bshogeman]

Fixed it with also defining the keyboard layout to the xfreerdp commandline string. Tnx
Btw what also was an issue was that the folder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu wasn't in /etc/ld.so.conf
Not all libs requered for xfreerdp where loaded.