Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues
Am Dienstag 26 August 2008 23:09:37 schrieb Liviu Andronic: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This worked like a charm. Would another solution be to re-compile > >> xorg-server with -hal? > > > > It would, but I find runtime-tuning much easier and transparent. > > input-hotplugging really is a fine thing, if you get a little time to > > configure it. > > If readily available, could you please point to some example fdi files > (or appropriate documentation)? I suggest you leave the fdi file /usr/share/hal/... as it is and provide changes locally in /etc. Attached is my /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi file that I use to make it all German. Should be easily tweaked to your needs. But don't touch Model and Rules, since that needs to be evdev specific. You need to reload/restart hal after changing that file. And make sure that the keyboard layout in xfce/gnome/kde is set to evdev, NOT pc105, since that breaks the mapping again. Good luck, Sascha base evdev de nodeadkeys signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This worked like a charm. Would another solution be to re-compile >> xorg-server with -hal? > It would, but I find runtime-tuning much easier and transparent. > input-hotplugging really is a fine thing, if you get a little time to > configure it. > If readily available, could you please point to some example fdi files (or appropriate documentation)? Thank you, Liviu
Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues
Am Dienstag 26 August 2008 20:06:57 schrieb Liviu Andronic: > Thank you a lot, Sascha. > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Put the following line in Section "ServerFlags" in the xorg.conf: > >Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" > > This worked like a charm. Would another solution be to re-compile > xorg-server with -hal? It would, but I find runtime-tuning much easier and transparent. input-hotplugging really is a fine thing, if you get a little time to configure it. - Sascha signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues
Thank you a lot, Sascha. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Sascha Hlusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Put the following line in Section "ServerFlags" in the xorg.conf: >Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" > This worked like a charm. Would another solution be to re-compile xorg-server with -hal? Liviu
Re: [gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues
> Can anyone suggest how to revert to my xorg.conf configuration, and to > make "left shift" a "proper" modifier key, again? Thank you, > Liviu The easiest way probably is to disable input hotplugging: Put the following line in Section "ServerFlags" in the xorg.conf: Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" - Sascha signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] hal-0.5.11-r1 and keyboard layout and input issues
Dear Gentoo users, I have installed the latest stable hal-0.5.11-r1 and hal-info-20080508 yesterday, and I give up: i cannot configure the keyboard layout as it was previously in xorg.conf, and i cannot use the left-hand shift (the latter is the annoying part). Here's what i have: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb,fr,ru,ro" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" Option "XkbVariant" ",,winkeys,std" EndSection Trying Driver "evdev" would make X not start any more. I tried playing with /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi to no avail. It seems to me that X uses evdev, no matter what I try. Also, I have only en_US as layout and "left shift" launches xfce's help, although as a shortcut key F1 is disabled here. I also disabled my .Xmodmap. Can anyone suggest how to revert to my xorg.conf configuration, and to make "left shift" a "proper" modifier key, again? Thank you, Liviu On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Daniel Pielmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is the symptom I see when I try "evdev" driver and am using a MS >> Natural Pro keyboard. Briefly the keyboard is handled as two USB >> devices. The keys that work are on the first device, the ones that >> don't on the second device. Following gentoo-wiki howtos it looks like >> you have to hack the kernel. At that point I simply reverted to using >> the "kbd" driver. Maybe some year evdev will mature... >> >> Quick check, look in your xorg.conf "ServerLayout" section, identify >> which keyboard InputDevice, then check to see which driver it is using. >>
