| Summary: | xorg-server 1.8 upgrade guide: how to change the keyboard layout | ||
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| Product: | [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org | Reporter: | Francis Galiegue <fgaliegue> |
| Component: | New Documentation | Assignee: | Gentoo X packagers <x11> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | b.brachaczek |
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 305371 *** |
xorg-server 1.8 doesn't use HAL anymore for configuration, so the HAL policy file to configure the keyboard layout doesn't work anymore. It uses udev instead. Unfortunately, I couldn't make the udev way work, but there's another way (NOTE: works only if you use evdev) * create an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory; * put these two files in: 1. 01-keyboard-layout.conf: ---- # # 01-keyboard-layout.conf: how to set the keyboard layout via X (FIXME: could be # done by udev instead, but I don't know how) # Section "InputClass" Identifier "keyboard-layout" Driver "evdev" MatchIsKeyboard "yes" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" EndSection # # END of 01-keyboard-layout.conf # ---- 2. 99-evdev-catchall.conf: ---- # # 99-evdev-catchall.conf: for the rest of evdev-handled input devices. This file # is NECESSARY if you specify your own keyboard layout with Xorg, but not if you # manage to set the keybaord layout using udev. # Section "InputClass" Identifier "evdev-catchall" Driver "evdev" EndSection # # END of 99-evdev-catchall.conf # ---- Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Irrelevant here.