From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LeKQ1-0002ja-Ty for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:31:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 13EC8E031D; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 02:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lbg2.evolone.org (evolone.org [198.145.28.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF8FE031D for ; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 02:31:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lappy.evolone.org (unknown [192.168.0.100]) (Authenticated sender: col) by lbg2.evolone.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 490B11BFF3 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:31:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:31:41 -0800 From: Michael Higgins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to switch laptop to usb keyboard Message-ID: <20090302183141.40c59370@lappy.evolone.org> In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0903020942s3e21bd90n4d88be181ebaea4e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090302093452.65147118@lappy.evolone.org> <58965d8a0903020942s3e21bd90n4d88be181ebaea4e@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Evolone X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 28b20e9c-12ca-4012-9a65-d5af1cab66b7 X-Archives-Hash: 4f13916ce7f5d3b83864c0db2ca26dbf On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:42:53 -0600 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Michael Higgins > wrote: > > Hey, all -- > > > > I picked up a logitech usb keyboard to use with my laptop. Plugged > > it in and it works... almost. No number keys. > > > > How to I tell X to use this different device when I plug it in? > > > > Cheers, > > Using HAL and .fdi files you can set up rules for that device ID to > treat it as a certain kind of keyboard. Search gentoo forums or google > for some examples and more info about it. > Still no luck here, as this is new to me. Really, I'm lost on the process... figured it would just work, which it does, except that I don't have number keys... on either keyboard. So, why is *that*? What should I be trying to do next? Cheers, -- |\ /| | | ~ ~ | \/ | |---| `|` ? | |ichael | |iggins \^ / michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org