On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Alexandr Shadchin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 02:15:45AM -0700, patrick keshishian wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Alexandr Shadchin >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Alexandr Shadchin >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:59 PM, patrick keshishian <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Philip Guenther <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:34 PM, S V <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> I have one pretty specific problem, i have two USB keyboards >> >>>>> attached to the samsung nc10 laptop. And then i want to >> >>>>> attach different layouts to each i >> >>>>> stumble into one problem. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> $ xinput -list >> >>>> ... >> >>>>> So i can't separate each keyboard from others by device ids... >> >>>>> Can anybody help me to find where source of this behavior >> >>>>> lie and how i can fix it? >> >>> >> >>> this is interesting to me, because I wondered about this a few days ago. >> >>> >> >>>> The multiplexing of the two keyboards to one input is done here, I >> >>>> believe, in the wscons layer. ?If so, it should be possible to use >> >>>> wsconsctl to set the mappings of the two independently. ?For example, >> >>>> on my laptop, when docked with a USB keyboard plugged in, wsconsctl >> >>>> shows entries for "keyboard.map" (the built-in keyboard) and >> >>>> "keyboard1.map" (the USB keyboard). >> >>> >> >>> I have a netbook where I have: >> >>> >> >>> $ grep keyboard /etc/wsconsctl.conf ?| grep -v ^# >> >>> keyboard.encoding=us.swapctrlcaps >> >>> >> >>> Then I want to connect a Sun keyboard (with the Control key in its >> >>> proper location) via USB connection. >> >>> >> >>> $ sudo wsconsctl | grep keyboard | grep -e encoding -e type >> >>> wsconsctl: Use explicit arg to view keyboard.map. >> >>> wsconsctl: Use explicit arg to view keyboard1.map. >> >>> keyboard.type=pc-xt >> >>> keyboard.encoding=us.swapctrlcaps >> >>> keyboard1.type=usb >> >>> keyboard1.encoding=us >> >>> >> >>> In the virtual terminal (this is -current-ish amd64) each keyboard >> >>> acts independently with their respective encoding. On the netbook >> >>> keyboard, CapsLock acts as the Control key, while on the Sun keyboard, >> >>> Control acts as Control (as it should). Enabling caps-lock on the >> >>> netbook keyboard, does not affect the Sun keyboard and vice versa (as >> >>> expected). >> >>> >> >>> However, in X11, both keyboards act as if swapctrlcaps are enabled. >> >>> Pressing Control on the Sun keyboard turns on caps-lock on both >> >>> keyboards. >> >>> >> >>> I attempted to play with xorg.conf to see if I can define a separate >> >>> InputDevice section for the Sun keyboard, but gave up after a few >> >>> permutations. The X documentation (man-pages) pretty much suck. >> >>> >> >>> I wasn't going to post on this topic, but since it has been brought >> >>> up, might has well ask: Is what I want to do possible in Xorg? >> >>> >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> --patrick >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> X use /dev/wskbd (it is mux) on default. it is one keyboard for X. >> >> >> >> for separate settings need to define section "InputDevice" for every >> >> keyboards (/dev/wskbdX) >> >> >> >> as example xorg.conf:Section "ServerLayout"? ? ...? ? InputDevice >> >> "Kb1" "CoreKeyboard"? ? InputDevice "Kb2" "SendCoreEvents"EndSection >> >> Section "ServerFlags"? ? # This off auto configure, therefore need >> >> configure mouse manualy? ? Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"EndSection >> >> Section "InputDevice"? ? Identifer "Kb1"? ? Driver "kbd"? ? Option >> >> "Device" "/dev/wskbd0"? ? Option "XkbLayout" "..."? ? ...EndSection >> >> Section "InputDevice"? ? Identifer "Kb2"? ? Driver "kbd"? ? Option >> >> "Device" "/dev/wskbd1"? ? Option "XkbLayout" "..."? ? ...EndSection >> >> -- >> >> Alexandr Shadchin >> >> >> > >> > Errr, sorry. bad web gmail. >> > >> > See http://koba.devio.us/distfiles/xorg.conf >> >> umm.... following that example, got the me to a state where the >> netbook keyboard was generate "gibberish". I couldn't log in. In >> console mode it worked just fine. >> >> Reverting the changes made to xorg.conf and restarting X didn't fix >> the problem, which is the weird part. I restarted X (actually xdm) >> multiple times, but something must have gotten cached somewhere, >> because the problem persisted. >> >> Note that switching to console mode the keyboard functioned fine. I >> had to reboot to get the netbook's keyboard working in X again. >> >> --patrick > > I examined the issue in more detail. Now there is no way to assign > different layouts for keyboards in X. X works only with /dev/wskbd > (i.e. mux)
Any idea why reverting xorg.conf to previous working version and restarting xdm/X retained the "broken" keyboard state? --patrick
