Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:30:07 -0500 | From | John M Flinchbaugh <> | Subject | can't loadkeys anymore? (was Re: Linux-2.6.15.4 login errors) |
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:28:25AM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:13:46AM -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > > After installing linux-2.6.15.4, attempts to log in a non-root > > account gives these errors. > > Password: > > Last login: Thu Feb 16 08:53:20 on tty1 > > Keymap 0: Permission denied > > Keymap 1: Permission denied > > Keymap 2: Permission denied > > LDSKBENT: Operation not permitted > > loadkeys: could not deallocate keymap 3 > It's coming from unicode_start > > This is a RH Fedora base. Anybody know how to turn this crap off? > Apply updates. > This was fixed in kbd 1.12-10.fc4.1
This still leaves the question: Why is loadkeys no longer permitted to set the keymap for a tty the user currently owns? What if the user really does want to run loadkeys without having to be root (ie. to load dvorak keymap)?
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