On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Mick wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I've emerged the new xorg-server-1.5.3-r5, removed my xorg.conf as > > > advised and noticed two things which I am not sure how to fix: > > > > > > My keyboard layout is no longer UK, but US (I think); i.e. the # symbol > > > is not next to the return key, but at Shift+3. How can I change it > > > back to UK? > > > > > > I used to have this stanza in my xorg.conf to be able to switch > > > languages: ===================================================== > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > > Driver "kbd" > > > Option "Name" "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" > > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > > > Option "XkbLayout" "gb,el" > > > > > > Option "XkbOptions" > > > "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:menu" EndSection > > > ===================================================== > > > > > > How can I set up the same thing now? > > > > create a xorg.conf? > > > > is there really a part in the documentation that says you should remove > > it? > > Down the bottom under section 3: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.x >ml
emm. No. There is nothing about removing xorg.conf. but my real problem is that hal crap. In their fight to make x 'easier' they make it harder. keyboard layout is incorrect? well, bad luck, because hal's files are a bitch to deal with. ...
