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On Wednesday 29 December 2010 09:26:57 Konstantinos Agouros wrote: |
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> In <20101227175826.1bbafaef@××××××.local> dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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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=3D=3D"event*", ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}=3D=3D"?*", |
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> >ENV{xkblayout}=3D"g= b", |
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> >ENV{xkbmodel}=3D"pc105" |
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> > |
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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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> > |
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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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> You got this working with xorg-server 1.9? This is the one piece that's |
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> not working for me. |
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Other than setting up udev rules I have tried everything that I could think |
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of. Based on the experiments I ran on two laptops I have come to the |
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following conclusions (or should this be "confusions"? ha, ha): |
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Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" |
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is necessary under Section "ServerLayout" to allow legacy kbd and mouse |
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drivers to load. |
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Setting up a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf and then moving to 55- |
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evdev.conf so that the 50-synaptics.conf is read first does not work. |
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Somehow evdev permeates everything, creates multiple devices and hijacks the |
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touchpad, keyboard, etc. |
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Commenting out the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf lines for keyboard and |
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touchpad also does not do the trick, because there is still the |
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/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf which seems to be parsed regardless |
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of a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf file being available. |
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So, I removed /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf, commented out the keyboard |
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and touchpad entries in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf and can now |
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use my touchpad with horizontal/vertical scroll functions, acceleration, etc. |
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based on settings I added in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50- as well as a |
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multi-language keyboard. |
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Personally, I can't see why all these additional config files and locations |
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are required, rather than a single /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I have found all these |
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back and forth changes to fdi's, xorg.conf.d and what have you, unnecessary |
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and annoyingly time wasting. |
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Of course I might have missed something simple in all this kerfuffle, so |
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please chime in if there is a better way around this. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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