Lennart Poettering wrote on 11/02/15 16:36: > On Wed, 11.02.15 14:18, Colin Guthrie (gm...@colin.guthr.ie) wrote: > >>>> Also, anything plugged in to Xorg after running localectl (thus updating >>>> 00-keyboard.conf) will also get the "us" keymap (as that was what was in >>>> place at Xorg init time). >>>> >>>> Wouldn't it be better to do the following: >>>> >>>> 1. deprecate the 00-keyboard.conf xorg.conf.d file >>>> 2. Instead apply the locale settings in udev via "xkb*" properties >>> >>> No, certainly not. The Xorg fragment is actual >>> configuration. Configuration should beat the rulesets really, which >>> carry device metadata. >> >> Well, I don't disagree, but it would be nice to have a way such that >> inserting a new USB keyboard after configuring the global default, that >> it *actually* takes effect. Currently, without some other layer on top >> (as in GNOME), localed does not achieve this, but the udev approach >> does. > > I am fine with changing what localed writes out, but udev rules is not > the way to go. > > For example, if we can make the snippet we write out only be used as > fallback, then I am all for it.
What about the other suggestions I mentioned in my previous reply? Any comment on those? (it might not be your area of expertise, but you often have a nack of pointing out fundamental flaws/races so would be nice to know if those were options worth pursuing at all! :p). Cheers! Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited http://www.tribalogic.net/ Open Source: Mageia Contributor http://www.mageia.org/ PulseAudio Hacker http://www.pulseaudio.org/ Trac Hacker http://trac.edgewall.org/ _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
