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On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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<volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mittwoch 08 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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>> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> > >but now you can skip the FDI unless you have |
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>> >> some customized configuration |
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>> > customized like a german layout with a german keyboard.. I wasn't the |
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>> > first nor the last one stepping into that trap. |
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>> I only have US keyboards so I can't say how it should be done. :) |
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>> According to the message when you emerge hal, it says: |
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>> * If you wish to use a non US layout, you may do so by executing: |
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>> * setxkbmap <layout> or by utilizing your Desktop Environment's |
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>> * Keyboard Layout Settings mechanism. |
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>> * Under GNOME, this is gnome-keyboard-properties, and under KDE |
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>> * it is kxkb. |
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>> So I think setting it in xorg.conf is easier, but at least it is not |
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>> absolutely required if you can run setxkbmap in your xdm startup. :) |
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> which is so idiotic I won't even comment on that any further. |
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I think editing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi is easier than that, even. :) |
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