Make X Keyboard configuration work properly.

- fix detection of german (de) keyboard layout to configure Compose Key,
- actually use field #6 of the languages file (X Keyboard layout & variant)
  when generating the grub and syslinux boot configuration files.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/grub.tpl b/grub.tpl
index fb6a336..7ab2dba 100644
--- a/grub.tpl
+++ b/grub.tpl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if loadfont $grubdir/theme/dejavusansmono12.pf2 ; then
 fi
 
 menuentry "Start Slackware@DIRSUFFIX@ @SL_VERSION@ @LIVEDE@ Live @VERSION@ ($sl_lang)" --hotkey b {
-  linux ($root)/boot/generic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw printk.time=0 kbd=$sl_kbd tz=$sl_tz locale=$sl_locale
+  linux ($root)/boot/generic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw printk.time=0 kbd=$sl_kbd tz=$sl_tz locale=$sl_locale xkb=$sl_xkb
   initrd ($root)/boot/initrd.img
 }
 
diff --git a/liveinit b/liveinit
index 443da4c..68beec6 100755
--- a/liveinit
+++ b/liveinit
@@ -512,12 +512,6 @@ EOT
     # You can set just the XkbVariant by adding something like "kbd=ch xkb=,fr"
     XKBLAYOUT=$(echo $XKB |cut -d, -f1)
     XKBVARIANT=$(echo $XKB |cut -d, -f2)
-    if [ "$XKBLAYOUT" = "de" ]; then
-      # Germans use the AltGr key, so Scroll Lock will be their Compose Key:
-      XKBOPTIONS="compose:sclk"
-    else
-      XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt"
-    fi
     # Ensure that XKBLAYOUT gets a value; XKBVARIANT is allowed to be empty.
     if [ -z "$XKBLAYOUT" ]; then
       if [ -z "$KEYMAP" ]; then
@@ -530,6 +524,12 @@ EOT
     XKBLAYOUT="us"
   fi
   echo "${MARKER}:  Switching live X desktop to '$XKBLAYOUT' keyboard"
+  # Germans use the AltGr key, so Scroll Lock will be their Compose Key:
+  if [ "$XKBLAYOUT" = "de" ]; then
+    XKBOPTIONS="compose:sclk"
+  else
+    XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt"
+  fi
   # If the layout is not 'us' then add 'us' as a secondary nevertheless:
   if [ "$XKBLAYOUT" != "us" ]; then
     XKBLAYOUT="$XKBLAYOUT,us"
diff --git a/make_slackware_live.sh b/make_slackware_live.sh
index f31485e..7ff7196 100755
--- a/make_slackware_live.sh
+++ b/make_slackware_live.sh
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ EOL
       fi
       cat <<EOL >> ${MENUROOTDIR}/lang_${LANCOD}.cfg
   kernel /boot/generic
-  append initrd=/boot/initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw printk.time=0 kbd=$KBD tz=$(cat ${LIVE_TOOLDIR}/languages |grep "^$SUBCOD:" |cut -d: -f4) locale=$(cat ${LIVE_TOOLDIR}/languages |grep "^$SUBCOD:" |cut -d: -f5)
+  append initrd=/boot/initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw printk.time=0 kbd=$KBD tz=$(cat ${LIVE_TOOLDIR}/languages |grep "^$SUBCOD:" |cut -d: -f4) locale=$(cat ${LIVE_TOOLDIR}/languages |grep "^$SUBCOD:" |cut -d: -f5) xkb=$(cat ${LIVE_TOOLDIR}/languages |grep "^$SUBCOD:" |cut -d: -f6)
 
 EOL
     done
@@ -434,13 +434,16 @@ EOL
   for LANCOD in $(cat languages |grep -Ev "(^ *#|^$)" |cut -d: -f1) ; do
     LANDSC=$(cat languages |grep "^$LANCOD:" |cut -d: -f2)
     KBD=$(cat languages |grep "^$LANCOD:" |cut -d: -f3)
+    XKB=$(cat languages |grep "^$LANCOD:" |cut -d: -f6)
     LANLOC=$(cat languages |grep "^$LANCOD:" |cut -d: -f5)
     # Add this entry to the keyboard selection menu:
     cat <<EOL >> ${GRUBDIR}/kbd.cfg
 menuentry "${LANDSC}" {
   set sl_kbd="$KBD"
+  set sl_xkb="$XKB"
   set sl_lang="$LANDSC"
   export sl_kbd
+  export sl_xkb
   export sl_lang
   configfile \$grubdir/grub.cfg
 }