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

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

On Mittwoch 08 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>
> <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
> >  >but now you can skip the FDI unless you have
> >>
> >> some customized configuration
> >
> > customized like a german layout with a german keyboard.. I wasn't the
> > first nor the last one stepping into that trap.
>
> I only have US keyboards so I can't say how it should be done. :)
> According to the message when you emerge hal, it says:
>
>  * If you wish to use a non US layout, you may do so by executing:
>  * setxkbmap <layout> or by utilizing your Desktop Environment's
>  * Keyboard Layout Settings mechanism.
>  * Under GNOME, this is gnome-keyboard-properties, and under KDE
>  * it is kxkb.
>
> So I think setting it in xorg.conf is easier, but at least it is not
> absolutely required if you can run setxkbmap in your xdm startup. :)

which is so idiotic I won't even comment on that any further.