[gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts

[gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts

[Matt Harrison]

Hi list,

I've just spent the last 4 days or so trying to get an old laptop up to date. It
hasn't been sync'd for at least 8 months so you can imagine the hell it's been.

Anyway, I've managed to get everything nicely updated but there's one problem that I
just can't fix or find relevant discussion about.

My /etc/conf.d/keymaps defines my keyboard layout as "uk" and this works fine in the
console. Unfortunately, in gnome the keyboard is resolutely stuck on US. I can add the
English UK layout in the keyboard preferences, and it looks fine when I first select
it. However they layout doesn't change and when I "Show" the English UK layout, it
shows a standard US layout.

No matter what I do (which admittedly isn't very much as I don't know X stuff that
well), I cannot get a decent keyboard layout in gnome.

Any tips would be appreciated before I rip all the keys off and get the super glue
out.

Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts

[Matt Harrison]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:00:47PM +0100, David W Noon wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:14:59 +0100, Matt Harrison wrote about
> [gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts:
> 
> [snip]
> > No matter what I do (which admittedly isn't very much as I don't know
> > X stuff that well), I cannot get a decent keyboard layout in gnome.
> 
> If you're using the evdev driver for keyboard and mouse (you should
> be!) then something like this in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf might help.
> 
> # 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
> 
> Section "InputClass"
>         Identifier      "pointer"
>         Driver          "evdev"
>         MatchIsPointer  "on"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> The bit about "XkbLayout" "gb" should do the trick. [Just be aware that
> there is a national language code "uk", but it is for Ukrainian.]

Thanks David,

I wasn't using an xorg.conf before but just threw those sections in and it seems
perfect. I was just in the middle of digging out a USB dvd drive to try James'
suggestion but now I can save my energy.

Thanks guys

[gentoo-user] Re: fighting over keyboard layouts

[James]

Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow <at> genestate.com> writes:


> Hi list,
 
> I've just spent the last 4 days or so trying to get an 
> old laptop up to date. It hasn't been sync'd for at 
> least 8 months so you can imagine the hell it's been.


livedvd-amd64-multilib-11.2.iso  06-Aug-2011 07:12  2.8G 

Boot it up and see if the latest livedvd works on that system.
If it does you can glean what the livedvd-11.2 is using
for drivers, or just install gentoo a_fresh.

just a thought,
hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts

[David W Noon]

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:14:59 +0100, Matt Harrison wrote about
[gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts:

[snip]
> No matter what I do (which admittedly isn't very much as I don't know
> X stuff that well), I cannot get a decent keyboard layout in gnome.

If you're using the evdev driver for keyboard and mouse (you should
be!) then something like this in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf might help.

# 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

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "pointer"
        Driver          "evdev"
        MatchIsPointer  "on"
EndSection


The bit about "XkbLayout" "gb" should do the trick. [Just be aware that
there is a national language code "uk", but it is for Ukrainian.]
-- 
Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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Re: [gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts

[Mick]

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On Thursday 11 Aug 2011 21:14:59 Matt Harrison wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I've just spent the last 4 days or so trying to get an old laptop up to
> date. It hasn't been sync'd for at least 8 months so you can imagine the
> hell it's been.
> 
> Anyway, I've managed to get everything nicely updated but there's one
> problem that I just can't fix or find relevant discussion about.
> 
> My /etc/conf.d/keymaps defines my keyboard layout as "uk" and this works
> fine in the console. Unfortunately, in gnome the keyboard is resolutely
> stuck on US. I can add the English UK layout in the keyboard preferences,
> and it looks fine when I first select it. However they layout doesn't
> change and when I "Show" the English UK layout, it shows a standard US
> layout.
> 
> No matter what I do (which admittedly isn't very much as I don't know X
> stuff that well), I cannot get a decent keyboard layout in gnome.
> 
> Any tips would be appreciated before I rip all the keys off and get the
> super glue out.
> 
> Thanks

Edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add something like this:
=====================================
Section "InputClass"
       Identifier  "keyboard catchall"
       Driver      "evdev"
       MatchIsKeyboard "on"
       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
       Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
       Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
=====================================

Or add similar lines to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf; 

Or copy your /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf to 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf and then add the lines above.


PS. There may be a Gnome way of achieving the same, but I only have cursory 
experience of Gnome so somebody else should advise on that.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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