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#1 2009-10-14 13:39:28

jonolte
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Registered: 2009-10-10
Posts: 5

Problems with Kernel 2.6.31 and keyboard layout

Hello!

After upgrading my system with pacman -Syu I had lots of trouble!

1. New gdm ignores my fluxbox windowmanager! After severall reboots it worked suddenly: Don't know why!
I urgently missed  gdmsetup!

2 xorg ignores my keyboard settings! I configured xorg.conf and /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keyboard.fdi. But no effect!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <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.rules" type="string">base</merge>

      <!-- If we're using Linux, we use evdev by default (falling back to
           keyboard otherwise). -->
      <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">keyboard</merge>
      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
             string="Linux">
        <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">evdev</merge>
      </match>

      <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">de</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string">nodeadkeys</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/util"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option    "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option    "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
    Option    "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
#    Device     "Card0"
#    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    
    DefaultDepth 24

    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Though "setxbdmap de" was working I downgraded to the previous kernel and gdm version!

I think testing cycle for new versions is definitely to short, or did I make serious faults!

Greetings Johannes

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#2 2009-10-15 20:33:30

KoS
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Registered: 2006-02-02
Posts: 35

Re: Problems with Kernel 2.6.31 and keyboard layout

Similar here.
After the system upgrade GDM didn't respect my keyboard layout set in rc.conf. As a quick solution I've set the keyboard layout at the GDM login screen (after selecting the user, you can set the keyboard layout, window manager, etc at the bottom).

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#3 2009-10-15 21:02:11

R00KIE
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From: Between a computer and a chair
Registered: 2008-09-14
Posts: 4,734

Re: Problems with Kernel 2.6.31 and keyboard layout

I sort of had this problem for a while in a rescue usb drive I have, I couldn't make it work properly, but as root all was well (xfce was also acting a little strange as a user).

I just renamed the user home, deleted the user and created a new account, all fresh, just copied back some configs (firefox and the likes) and all was working well again ... no idea of what happened. I don't use a login manager, I just start xfce manually (it's a rescue drive I want to be able to change xorg.conf before starting X if needed).


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#4 2009-10-17 19:57:55

Robert_HR
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Registered: 2009-10-17
Posts: 1

Re: Problems with Kernel 2.6.31 and keyboard layout

Hi Johaness,

there is no real keyboard problem;
Fixing your problem is very easy:
just go in the main Archlinux menu (on the top) in System - settings - keyboards; then choose appropriate keyboard under the second tab, then remove prior keyboard (usually USA keyboard) and then you should get the right keyboard layout (I suppose the standard german keyboard layout)!
Greetings Robert
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