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 1LeCAK-0002Fv-OI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:42:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC93BE0146; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:42:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f175.google.com (mail-gx0-f175.google.com [209.85.217.175]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACFF9E0146 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:42:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so4531303gxk.10 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:42:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KENyazXE7QwNYh4E3cuFrNZ3T/YNP7cNFb9puh2gHDg=; b=uSbwU96w/esyVOrV7NBBN2lmY3fErRfoakdNTpsB30f9E5eqyycYj92bGwhbiZP5vU httb4MVBKuOoIU1RHfI30M3PQJg2aJxUUvX0N6BPSeercK88RcNZVk1LExvyJq6+Bb6O e54PBmVuBZuLNbdIVKC63svR0vKkfZlWuMtl0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=EfhJ1BCz52piCGNKl2i1g9uLIcZz4IAV3dasK0jsdn2fZnYWg9T53NqMRDUKvc4mYP CllDbvrClB9cCiXAYEH9LGIm4mQMfsl0RD20IrnU+2BAPhS5sY0AeU05L2GG/W2OX3zc mZFUJFRQS4a4i8FCy8SIy+a4hjl2v/gUePHJA= 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.192.7 with SMTP id p7mr1060497ybf.169.1236015773424; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:42:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090302093452.65147118@lappy.evolone.org> References: <20090302093452.65147118@lappy.evolone.org> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:42:53 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: a33bb92a4f69e15c Message-ID: <58965d8a0903020942s3e21bd90n4d88be181ebaea4e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to switch laptop to usb keyboard From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b7bbf0dc-8119-4a12-bfdf-299af681f21f X-Archives-Hash: fcb604199084b890010c5b2a95326266 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.