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From: Mike Jones on 29 Dec 2009 09:16 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. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Glyn Millington on 29 Dec 2009 10:49 Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> writes: > 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. `---- atb Glyn -- RTFM http://www.tldp.org/index.html GAFC http://slackbook.org/ The Official Source :-) STFW http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.os.linux.slackware JFGI http://jfgi.us/
From: Mike Jones on 29 Dec 2009 19:20 Responding to Glyn Millington: > Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> writes: > >> 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. > `---- > > > atb > > Glyn Ah. Solution hidden right under my nose, again. Damn! ;) Cheers for the prod. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Mike Jones on 30 Dec 2009 06:52 Following up to myself: > Responding to Glyn Millington: > >> Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> writes: >> >>> 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. >> `---- >> >> >> atb >> >> Glyn > > > > Ah. Solution hidden right under my nose, again. Damn! ;) > > Cheers for the prod. 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. :) -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: boltar2003 on 4 Jan 2010 05:07
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:16:04 GMT Mike Jones <Not(a)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 |