Mandrake 7.2 Xfree86 4 JP Keyboard difficulties

[Jeffrey Keays <jkeays73@example.com>]

Hello,

I have just installed Mandrake 7.2 (us) and have been
having difficulties beyond any hope of justification
in getting Xfree86 (4.0.1) to use a Japanese keyboard
layout.  The non-comment portion of the Keyboard
section of my XF86Config is as follows:

Section "Keyboard"
    Protocol    "Standard"
    AutoRepeat  250 30
    LeftAlt        Meta
    RightAlt       Meta
    ScrollLock     Compose
    RightCtl       Control
	XkbRules		"xfree86"
	XkbModel		"jp106"
	XkbLayout		"jp"
	XkbVariant		"jp106"
	XkbKeymap		"xfree86(jp106)"
EndSection

Also the output from running X does not have anything
useful to say on the subject, just:

(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "jp106"

There is also an annoying tendency for the system to
require a suspend/resume to unwedge the mouse and
keyboard upon starting X.

This is not a notebook, but it is a cheapo Celeron
desktop system with an Intel 810 chipset / Video
controller.  The keyboard layout works correctly in
console mode.

Has anyone else got a similar setup worked out? if so,
would you mind sharing how you did it?

Thanks,

Jeff Keays

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