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On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:58:26 +0000 |
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David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:20:02 +0100, John wrote about [gentoo-user] |
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> xorg-server: |
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> >I have just upgraded to xorg-server 1.9.2 |
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> >but unfortunately my keyboard is not recognising gb layout |
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> You have at least 2 courses of action: |
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> 1) Add a udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules |
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> # A rule to define our keyboard layout. |
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> KERNEL=="event*", ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}=="?*", ENV{xkblayout}="gb", |
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> ENV{xkbmodel}="pc105" |
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> 2) Add a configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf |
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> # Configuration for evdev-controlled input devices. |
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> Section "InputClass" |
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> Identifier "keyboard" |
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> Driver "evdev" |
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> Option "XkbLayout" "gb" |
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> Option "XkbModel" "pc105" |
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> Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" |
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> MatchIsKeyboard "on" |
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> EndSection |
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> Section "InputClass" |
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> Identifier "pointer" |
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> Driver "evdev" |
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> MatchIsPointer "on" |
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> EndSection |
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> I used both, just to be sure, to be sure. |
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Have tried all suggestions and all works ok now. |
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Should we still be using xorg.conf as a few years |
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ago or not using a xorg.conf file unless we have to? |
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Thanks |
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John D Maunder |
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john@××××××××××××××××××.uk |
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