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From: Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg / keyboard
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:28:43
Message-Id: 200801192027.58603.saschahlusiak@arcor.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] xorg / keyboard by Uwe Thiem
1 Hi,
2
3 You have hal-0.5.10 installed and it's hotplugging devices. To disable
4 hotplugging, put
5 Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
6 in Section ServerFlags. Or switch in X to an evdev keyboard layout, since it
7 overrides your xorg.conf settings.
8
9
10 Sascha
11
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13
14 Am Samstag 19 Januar 2008 19:52:09 schrieb Uwe Thiem:
15 > Hi folks,
16 >
17 > somehow I have messed up my xorg configuration. The block of sic buttons
18 > from "Insert" to "Page Down" and the four separate3 arrow key (up, left,
19 > down, right) don't work or don't work as expected. For example, "up"
20 > invokes ksnapshot, the others don't do anything. My keyboard is a US 104
21 > buttons keyboard.
22 >
23 > The relevant section in my xorg.conf looks like this:
24 >
25 > Section "InputDevice"
26 > Identifier "Keyboard0"
27 > Driver "kbd"
28 > Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
29 > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
30 > EndSection
31 >
32 >
33 > When X starts up, it first says:
34 >
35 > (**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
36 > (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
37 > (**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc104"
38 > (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
39 > (**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us"
40 > (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
41 > (**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
42 > (II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
43 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
44 >
45 >
46 > It says later:
47 >
48 > (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (2).
49 > (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: always reports
50 > core events
51 > (**) Option "XkbModel" "evdev"
52 > (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
53 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2
54 > keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0" (type: KEYBOARD)
55 > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: Init
56 > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: On
57 > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard-isa0060/serio0/input0: Off
58 >
59 >
60 > So it seems to me, it overwrites my settings.
61 >
62 > Should I disable "evdev"? How?
63 >
64 > Should I do something else?
65 >
66 > Uwe
67 >
68 > --
69 > If a man speaks in a forest, and no woman listens to him,
70 > is he still lying?

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