On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mittwoch 08 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann >> >> <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: >> > >but now you can skip the FDI unless you have >> >> >> >> some customized configuration >> > >> > customized like a german layout with a german keyboard.. I wasn't the >> > first nor the last one stepping into that trap. >> >> I only have US keyboards so I can't say how it should be done. :) >> According to the message when you emerge hal, it says: >> >> * If you wish to use a non US layout, you may do so by executing: >> * setxkbmap <layout> or by utilizing your Desktop Environment's >> * Keyboard Layout Settings mechanism. >> * Under GNOME, this is gnome-keyboard-properties, and under KDE >> * it is kxkb. >> >> So I think setting it in xorg.conf is easier, but at least it is not >> absolutely required if you can run setxkbmap in your xdm startup. :) > > which is so idiotic I won't even comment on that any further.
I think editing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi is easier than that, even. :)
