Hi, You have hal-0.5.10 installed and it's hotplugging devices. To disable hotplugging, put Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" in Section ServerFlags. Or switch in X to an evdev keyboard layout, since it overrides your xorg.conf settings. Sascha Am Samstag 19 Januar 2008 19:52:09 schrieb Uwe Thiem: > Hi folks, > > somehow I have messed up my xorg configuration. The block of sic buttons > from "Insert" to "Page Down" and the four separate3 arrow key (up, left, > down, right) don't work or don't work as expected. For example, "up" > invokes ksnapshot, the others don't do anything. My keyboard is a US 104 > buttons keyboard. > > The relevant section in my xorg.conf looks like this: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > > When X starts up, it first says: > > (**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg" > (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > (**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc104" > (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" > (**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us" > (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" > (**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled > (II) evaluating device (Keyboard0) > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD) > > > It says later: > > (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (2). > (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: always reports > core events > (**) Option "XkbModel" "evdev" > (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 > keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0" (type: KEYBOARD) > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: Init > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: On > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: Off > > > So it seems to me, it overwrites my settings. > > Should I disable "evdev"? How? > > Should I do something else? > > Uwe > > -- > If a man speaks in a forest, and no woman listens to him, > is he still lying?