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sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 415

Keyboard issue...

Hi there,

I am now using Arch for few month, and an annoying issue is recurring with the keyboard.

I have a Loogtech Wave,  every time I reboot the layout comes back to default us, while I've got a uk one.

please see below my xorg.conf keyboard section as it might help, I also set up the layout to uk within gnome (gnome-keyboard-properties) set uk to default and delete us, but it always come back....

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
    Option         "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

I would also like to ask what is this page referring to? How to use those information?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Log … e_Keyboard

Many thanks

miau

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 202

Re: Keyboard issue...

Does it work correctly when you are not logged into X? Have you tried using evdev instead of kbd? This should also make most of your speial keys work.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … quirements

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 415

Re: Keyboard issue...

Right so I follow the guide, it's now starting on the UK keyboard using evdev. But the layout is still us, I've changed all the necessary files.

Any help?

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 415

Re: Keyboard issue...

Right so I follow the guide, it's now starting on the UK keyboard using evdev. But the layout is still us, I've changed all the necessary files.

Any help?

Is HIDpoint a solution? but how to install it? http://www.hidpoint.com/

miau

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 202

Re: Keyboard issue...

Do you have the right layout without X?

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 415

Re: Keyboard issue...

are you talking within the xorg.conf? if so yes, see below:

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "evdev"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "uk"
    Option         "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

miau

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 202

Re: Keyboard issue...

No i meant i f you have the right layout at the console i you don't start X.

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 415

Re: Keyboard issue...

Yes I have the right layout if i go to the console using alt+F1

miau

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 202

Re: Keyboard issue...

Are you using hotplugging or did you disable it in xorg.conf? If you didn't disable it, the keyboard settings in xorg will not be read. You have to edit the keyboard policy file. Take a look here:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … otplugging

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 415

Re: Keyboard issue...

Yes it was disable  I commented the " Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"" line and it work perfectly.

Now regarding this http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Log … e_Keyboard is there a way to use that so my multimedia keys will work?

miau

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 202

Re: Keyboard issue...

Using hotpluging and evdev some keys should work....for the keys that don't work you could use keytouch to configure them. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keytouch