Re: [gentoo-user] New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

[Khanh Nguyen]

** (Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 09:39:45AM +0100) Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've emerged the new xorg-server-1.5.3-r5, removed my xorg.conf as advised
> and noticed two things which I am not sure how to fix:
>
> My keyboard layout is no longer UK, but US (I think); i.e. the # symbol is not
> next to the return key, but at Shift+3.  How can I change it back to UK?
>
> I used to have this stanza in my xorg.conf to be able to switch languages:
> =====================================================
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "kbd"
>         Option      "Name" "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
>         Option      "XkbModel"  "pc105"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "gb,el"
>
> Option      "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:menu"
> EndSection
> =====================================================
>
> How can I set up the same thing now?

You can have at this:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-722498-highlight-hal+keyboard.html

Here's what I did.
I kept xorg.conf, but removed InputDevices.
Created the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi 

You can try the following. Modify it after your needs and remember to
restart /etc/init.d/hald.

-------------------------- Start: /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <!-- Mouse {{{-->
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse">
      <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
    </match>
    <!-- }}}-->

    <!-- Keyboard {{{-->
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keymap">
      <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-keymap</append>
    </match>

    <match key="info.capabilities"   contains="input.keys">
      <merge key="input.xkb.model"   type="string">evdev</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.driver"  type="string">evdev</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.layout"  type="string">gb,dk</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.rules"   type="string">xorg</merge>
      <!--merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string"></merge-->
      <merge key="info.xkb.options"  type="string">
        grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:menu
      </merge>
    </match>
    <!-- }}}-->

    <!--  TOUCHPAD {{{-->
    <!--
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <match key="info.product" contains="SynPS/2">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
    -->
    <!-- }}}-->
  </device>
</deviceinfo>
-------------------------- End: /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi

-- 
Khanh Nguyen