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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kdm keymap
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:36:55
Message-Id: 201012281135.37653.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] kdm keymap by alain.didierjean@free.fr
1 On Friday 24 December 2010 14:12:17 alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote:
2 > I use hal. No more xorg.conf.
3 > Since I updated kdm to v.4.4.5 it use a QWERTY keymap, when it worked OK in
4 > previous 4.4.* version after modifying
5 > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi. I try adding the following 2 lines
6 > also in
7 > /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi, just in case :
8 > <merge
9 > key="input.xkb.options"type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
10 > <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">fr</merge>
11 >
12 > Of course I also checked french as language in the kdl config panel.
13 > Obviously, entering a password using an AZERTY keyboard & a QWERTY keymap
14 > is not that easy.
15 > What can I do ? Couldn't find anything in the doc.
16 > And a happy Xmas to you all.
17
18 If you haven't yet fixed this, install the latest stable xorg-server and run
19 Xorg -configure to create a new xorg.conf file. Without HAL the .fdi files
20 are no longer the way to configure input devices. Depending on your hardware
21 you will also need to configure your kernel to use KMS.
22
23 Have a look at this page for more details:
24
25 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
26 --
27 Regards,
28 Mick

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