Re: [gentoo-user] New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Mick wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Mick wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I've emerged the new xorg-server-1.5.3-r5, removed my xorg.conf as
> > > advised and noticed two things which I am not sure how to fix:
> > >
> > > My keyboard layout is no longer UK, but US (I think); i.e. the # symbol
> > > is not next to the return key, but at Shift+3.  How can I change it
> > > back to UK?
> > >
> > > I used to have this stanza in my xorg.conf to be able to switch
> > > languages: =====================================================
> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > >         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> > >         Driver      "kbd"
> > >         Option      "Name" "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
> > >         Option      "XkbModel"  "pc105"
> > >         Option      "XkbLayout" "gb,el"
> > >
> > > Option      "XkbOptions"
> > > "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:menu" EndSection
> > > =====================================================
> > >
> > > How can I set up the same thing now?
> >
> > create a xorg.conf?
> >
> > is there really a part in the documentation that says you should remove
> > it?
>
> Down the bottom under section 3:
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.x
>ml


emm. No. There is nothing about removing xorg.conf.

but my real problem is that hal crap. In their fight to make x 'easier' they 
make it harder. keyboard layout is incorrect? well, bad luck, because hal's 
files are a bitch to deal with.

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