On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:58:26 +0000 David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:20:02 +0100, John wrote about [gentoo-user]
> xorg-server:
>
> >I have just upgraded to xorg-server 1.9.2
> >but unfortunately my keyboard is not recognising gb layout
>
> You have at least 2 courses of action:
>
> 1) Add a udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
>
> # A rule to define our keyboard layout.
> KERNEL=="event*", ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}=="?*", ENV{xkblayout}="gb",
> ENV{xkbmodel}="pc105"
>
> 2) Add a configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
>
> # Configuration for evdev-controlled input devices.
> Section "InputClass"
> Identifier "keyboard"
> Driver "evdev"
> Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
> MatchIsKeyboard "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputClass"
> Identifier "pointer"
> Driver "evdev"
> MatchIsPointer "on"
> EndSection
>
>
>
> I used both, just to be sure, to be sure.
Have tried all suggestions and all works ok now.
Should we still be using xorg.conf as a few years
ago or not using a xorg.conf file unless we have to?
Thanks
--
John D Maunder
j...@articwolf.myzen.co.uk
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