any ideas???

tnr3euser wrote:

How did you get it working?
I installed Anthy and SCIM-Anthy to get Japanese going (an IME). I just hit ctrl-space when in any text editor and it appears in both Advanced and Easy modes...

In advanced mode, I installed the Greek keyboard layout through the KDE Control Center (Peripheral Devices -> Keyboard Layout).

Where is the Greek layout In Easy Mode?

Changing your KeyoardLayout in xorg.conf:

Press: ctrl + alt + t
Type "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Press ctrl + _ (ctrl + underline, you may need to press shift to to get the underlinekey)
Type "35" to find the line where you change the keyboard layout.
and change from "us" or what ever you se between the " " on that line, to your countries code. Im guessing "gr" since here in norway we use "no"

Press "ctrl + o" to save after youve made your change.

Now your kayboard layout will stay changed even if you reboot.

EDit : as said under greece is "gr", dunno if i was thinking germany or what ever with "ge". hehe

Last edited by kvitrafn (2007-12-02 7:21:03 am)

Thanks to all I installed the Greek layout in Ease mode, but it is impossible to write accented Greek characters. Any ideas???

To AndyW
I live in Mitilini town because I work in University of the Aegean.

waste wrote:

I have the same problem too. it seems that its a bug with an old version of gtk installed in the asus linux. In fact you cant write accented characters in programs like firefox and thunderbird, but you can write accented greek characters in OO and terminal...

im trying to find a solution, do contact asus support.

My problem is that I can’t write accented Greek characters in OO. My OO writes first the accent and next the character (΄ο, ΄α ΄ε not ό, ά, έ).

Dear friends can list your xorg.conf file? (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)

The problem is that the input method manager, SCIM, is interfering with the built-in X11 input method, so compose sequences don't work.

It's best to disable SCIM if you don't need to type Chinese - Greek accents will work fine afterwards. The easiest way is to remove the "xandros-scim" package. See the following wiki page for information:

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:removeinputmethodicon

Edit: Here's the relevant section from my /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us,gr"
        Option      "XkbVariant" ""
        Option      "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

The last line is new, you have to add it. It's the way you toggle between the US and Greek keyboard layout. Other possibilities are (from /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst):

  grp:switch           R-Alt switches layout while pressed.
  grp:lswitch          Left Alt key switches layout while pressed.
  grp:lwin_switch      Left Win-key switches layout while pressed.
  grp:rwin_switch      Right Win-key switches layout while pressed.
  grp:win_switch       Both Win-keys switch layout while pressed.
  grp:rctrl_switch     Right Ctrl key switches layout while pressed.
  grp:toggle           Right Alt key changes layout.
  grp:lalt_toggle      Left Alt key changes layout.
  grp:caps_toggle      CapsLock key changes layout.
  grp:shift_caps_toggle Shift+CapsLock changes layout.
  grp:alt_caps_toggle  Alt+CapsLock changes layout.
  grp:shifts_toggle    Both Shift keys together change layout.
  grp:alts_toggle      Both Alt keys together change layout.
  grp:ctrls_toggle     Both Ctrl keys together change layout.
  grp:ctrl_shift_toggle Ctrl+Shift change layout.
  grp:lctrl_lshift_toggle LCtrl+LShift change layout.
  grp:ctrl_alt_toggle  Alt+Ctrl change layout.
  grp:alt_shift_toggle Alt+Shift change layout.
  grp:menu_toggle      Menu key changes layout.
  grp:lwin_toggle      Left Win-key changes layout.
  grp:rwin_toggle      Right Win-key changes layout.
  grp:lshift_toggle    Left Shift key changes layout.
  grp:rshift_toggle    Right Shift key changes layout.
  grp:lctrl_toggle     Left Ctrl key changes layout.
  grp:rctrl_toggle     Right Ctrl key changes layout.

I think there are other ways to configure this, maybe from kcontrol, but that's what I've always done.

Last edited by adia (2007-12-05 1:53:38 pm)

No problem, glad I could help. We should probably organize this in a wiki page - it's not Greek-specific, anyway.

adia u r a treasure!!! At last....reboot yes. Lose my keyboard layout NO!!!!
Thanks 2 U!!
Μπράβο ευχαριστούμε!!!!

i have tried to change the xorg  but when it reboots it stays in the screen that says starting system
the only way is from kcontrol but i have to do it everytime i boot
please help.

panospc: If it doesn't start correctly after editing xorg.conf, chances are you have made some small mistake in the file's syntax. Check that all quote marks and punctuation are exactly as in the example. If in doubt, you could send here the changes you are making, so that others could check there are no errors.

d21061965: Το πλήκτρο του τόνου είναι το ";" - αφού γυρίσεις το πληκτρολόγιο στα Ελληνικά, πατάς το ";" και μετά το φωνήεν που θες. Αν εννοείς ότι πατάς τόνο αλλά δε δουλεύει, θα πρέπει να απενεργοποιήσεις το SCIM όπως αναφέρθηκε παραπάνω.
(in English: The accent key is ";" - after switching the keyboard to Greek, you hit ";" and then the vowel key you want. If you do that and accents don't work, make sure you have deactivated SCIM as mentioned above)

Hi everyone from Ioannina! I'm about to try setting up the Greek keyboard in Easy Mode - will ask for help if I have a problem.

Everything is working.Είναι Θαυμάσια!! Ευχαριστώ....