From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PXI3p-0001NY-1Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:44:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 02ADBE05A4; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:43:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.3.142]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3CD8E05A4 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:43:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.71.28.203] (helo=november) by smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PXI2C-00074D-0s for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:43:06 +0000 Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:45:21 +0000 From: John To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server Message-ID: <20101227184521.4f46f796@november> In-Reply-To: <20101227175826.1bbafaef@karnak.local> References: <20101227175826.1bbafaef@karnak.local> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-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: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/qwBi3yamvr1i4kYm=zFO_cD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-Smarthost03-IP: [82.71.28.203] X-Archives-Salt: 3d47a19a-7493-479e-92e4-7a1dd70e8da6 X-Archives-Hash: 7a0b585ffe94f1bd8fa60a89e93032d2 --Sig_/qwBi3yamvr1i4kYm=zFO_cD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:58:26 +0000 David W Noon wrote: > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:20:02 +0100, John wrote about [gentoo-user] > xorg-server: >=20 > >I have just upgraded to xorg-server 1.9.2 > >but unfortunately my keyboard is not recognising gb layout >=20 > You have at least 2 courses of action: >=20 > 1) Add a udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules >=20 > # A rule to define our keyboard layout. > KERNEL=3D=3D"event*", ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}=3D=3D"?*", ENV{xkblayout}=3D= "gb", > ENV{xkbmodel}=3D"pc105" >=20 > 2) Add a configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf >=20 > # Configuration for evdev-controlled input devices. > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "keyboard" > Driver "evdev" > Option "XkbLayout" "gb" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > MatchIsKeyboard "on" > EndSection >=20 > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "pointer" > Driver "evdev" > MatchIsPointer "on" > EndSection >=20 >=20 >=20 > I used both, just to be sure, to be sure. Have tried all suggestions and all works ok now. Should we still be using xorg.conf as a few years ago or not using a xorg.conf file unless we have to? Thanks --=20 John D Maunder john@articwolf.myzen.co.uk --Sig_/qwBi3yamvr1i4kYm=zFO_cD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNGN7NAAoJEOuCgqleN2EyI9IIAKzwvAM/S1m1Zd/V1OXVbJ4y k65coEBgCK4im7Q1H4/SqSWTbhZqYorAn1u5Ti2NSTSANiegMAgVoknYiYAtFSTa nbV1X+Y1JZ3VFxFDNEb8/XUSxP4LV37hx3k965wdIsV/SA2qOfi4FUXMeYHQwsZ+ YG2G/4JGvmvS7YnGYUm23eE+O3vAv6LRJThLKUa5m9bRFMeoNzDAp1CPiqFLbAOO +oM2STBtdx12xyqzWl0yALpB5YLasLNmofLb85ZViNlhdCLWlfD0mCRk2PfZh8hl A0tPIBGRNG+54wToxSh9NVr0JleiEqaNc9y+jIoYzKXa3ndhuIHONcgL/WUtIJg= =t+t9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/qwBi3yamvr1i4kYm=zFO_cD--