Settung keyboard in Slack 13.0
Mike Jones
Probably already been done, but can anyone tell me what I need to edit to
get a UK keyboard in the new Xorg in Slack 13?
Its apparently not handled by xorg.conf now, and HAL is suppose to deal
with this stuff. However, its doesn't on my test machine (plus I kill HAL
after first boot as its a damn nuisance), and I recall there was
something that could be dropped into .xinitrc to set the keyboard
regional setting.
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Glyn Millington
> Probably already been done, but can anyone tell me what I need to edit to
> get a UK keyboard in the new Xorg in Slack 13?
>
> Its apparently not handled by xorg.conf now, and HAL is suppose to deal
> with this stuff. However, its doesn't on my test machine (plus I kill HAL
> after first boot as its a damn nuisance), and I recall there was
> something that could be dropped into .xinitrc to set the keyboard
> regional setting.
Is thi portion of CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT relevant?
,----
|
| If you need to use a non-US keyboard layout, then copy the file located
| at
| /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi to
| /etc/hal/fdi/policy and edit it to suit your needs. Have a look at the
| contents of that file for an example and more information. If you
| prefer to do this the "old" way using /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then you can
| use "X -configure" or "xorgsetup" to generate an xorg.conf, then add
| the following lines to the "ServerFlags" section to disable input
| device hotplugging via HAL:
|
| Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
| Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
| Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false"
|
| This is also relevant if you prefer to disable HAL completely for
| whatever reason.
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atb
Glyn
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Mike Jones
Ah. Solution hidden right under my nose, again. Damn! ;)
Cheers for the prod.
Mike Jones
FWIW, here's my (current) xorg.conf "HowTo" based on the above...
Setup xorg on Slackware 13.0
(Assumes NVIDIA drivers
already installed)
============================
* as root... run 'xorgsetup' (make choices - mine = GB keyboard)
* Mod new /etc/X11/xorg.conf to this...
# Hacked xorg.conf [DATE]
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags" # Hacked in
Option "DPMS" # Hacked in
Option "BlankTime" "0" # Hacked in
Option "StandbyTime" "0" # Hacked in
Option "SuspendTime" "0" # Hacked in
Option "OffTime" "0" # Hacked in
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" # Hacked in
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" # Hacked in
Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false" # Hacked in
EndSection # Hacked in
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" # Moved up
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" # Moved up
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" # Moved up
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" # Moved up
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri2"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "IBM" # Hacked
ModelName "T-750" # Hacked
Gamma 1.5 1.5 1.5 # Hacked
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia" # Hacked (was: 'nv')
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" # Hacked (was: 'unknown')
BoardName "GeForce-7300" # Hacked
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen" # Hacked down (removed junk)
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "800x600" # Hacked (Added 800x600)
EndSubSection
EndSection
Hope this is of some use to somebody. :)
bolta...@boltar.world
Mike Jones <N...@Arizona.Bay> wrote:
>Probably already been done, but can anyone tell me what I need to edit to
>get a UK keyboard in the new Xorg in Slack 13?
>
>Its apparently not handled by xorg.conf now, and HAL is suppose to deal
>with this stuff. However, its doesn't on my test machine (plus I kill HAL
>after first boot as its a damn nuisance), and I recall there was
>something that could be dropped into .xinitrc to set the keyboard
>regional setting.
I took a rather simpler approach than others - instead of messing about
with HAL or xorg.conf I just added the line:
setxkbmap -layout gb
into /usr/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
It would probably work in ~/.xinitrc too but I haven't tried it.
B2003
Mike Jones
I did copy that config line over from a 12.2 installation, but it didn't
work in the new 13.0
I'm looking forward to 13.2, which looks inevitable.
Grant
>
>I'm looking forward to 13.2, which looks inevitable.
Oh? Did I miss 13.1?
Grant.
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Mike Jones
> On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:51:11 GMT, Mike Jones <N...@Arizona.Bay> wrote:
>
>
>>I'm looking forward to 13.2, which looks inevitable.
>
> Oh? Did I miss 13.1?
>
> Grant.
Not yet. ;\