Bugzilla – Bug 4338
Polish keyboard doesn't have polish characters available
Last modified: 2009-10-06 10:49:36 UTC
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Quick steps to reproduce: 1. Install OpenSolaris (2008.05 or preview of 2008.11) in VirtualBox using Poland as a location and Polish as a language. 2. Open text editor and try to type Right Alt + A, Right Alt + e, and so on. Expected results: Polish characters on the screen. Actual results: No Polish characters on the screen. Workaround: Generate appropriate xorg.conf. BUT - generating xorg.conf is only a workaround and requires manual tweaking. It is a showstopper for Polish users and "ordinary" ones. Possible solution: pl_dev keyboard layout definition available during autodetect (I don't know anything about Xorg and keyboard layouts).
Hi Tomek, there are two Polish keyboard layouts available in OpenSolaris, you don't need to edit Xorg to get them. please try following: $/usr/X11/bin/setxkbmap pl //to switch to Polish layout $/usr/X11/bin/setxkbmap pl_dev //to switch to Polish_dev layout $ $/usr/X11/bin/setxkbmap us //to switch to default US English you can also use GUI (input method preference editor), it should be by default on your panel or it is accessible via Launch Menu -> System -> Preferences ->Inpt Methods. You can add Polish in Language/Scripts tab .. Please let us know how you set up your keyboard in your environment and if above is working for you ..
I've had the same problem and $/usr/X11/bin/setxkbmap pl_dev works well and Launch Menu -> System -> Preferences -> Inpt Methods does not change anything.
XKB Data: Starting with OpenSolaris build 124 the so called "Polish-Developers" is the default Polish Layout. To use this layout you just need to set "pl" layout: $ /usr/X11/bin/setxkbmap pl IIIMF Data: Starting with OpenSolaris build 126 the so called "Polish-Developers" is the default Polish Layout.