Oracle® Solaris 11 Desktop Accessibility Guide

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

To Enable XKB on a Non-Sun Ray Oracle Solaris System

  1. Log in as the root user.
  2. Check whether the path and the /etc/dt/config/Xservers file exists on your system.
  3. If the /etc/dt/config directory does not exist, type the following command:
    # mkdir -p /etc/dt/config
  4. If the Xservers file is not present, type the following command:
    # cp /usr/dt/config/Xservers /etc/dt/config/Xservers
  5. In the Xservers file, scroll to the end of the file.
  6. Append the following line to the command line at the end of the file.
    +kb
  7. Save and close the Xservers file.
  8. Type the following command on a command line:
    pkill -HUP dtlogin
  9. In the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file, scroll to the end of the file until you see the line [server - standard].
  10. Edit the command line in this section to append the following to the end of the line:

    +accessx +kb

  11. Save and close the gdm.conf file.
  12. Log out of your session and log in again.
  13. To verify whether XKB is running, type the following command:

    xdpyinfo

  14. Search for XKEYBOARD in the extensions list.