Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 19:04:07 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Renato Botelho <rbgarga@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUCCESS: xorg, hal and international keyboard Message-ID: <12063144@ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <747dc8f30905231049t1f5047d9h966e5ebd31af5cf@mail.gmail.com> (Renato Botelho's message of "Sat\, 23 May 2009 14\:49\:57 -0300") References: <34088967@bb.ipt.ru> <747dc8f30905231049t1f5047d9h966e5ebd31af5cf@mail.gmail.com>
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Renato Botelho <rbgarga@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: >> >> I didn't find any full information on how to configure hal to use >> international keyboard with new xorg versions. That's my success >> story. >> >> When hal is used (it's a default for new xorg) the keyboard is >> configured according to >> LOCALBASE/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi >> My previous xorg.conf has defined keyboard as: >> ----- >> Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Keyboard0" >> Driver "kbd" >> Option "XkbModel" "pc105" >> Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)" >> Option "XkbOptions" "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,altwin:menu" >> EndSection >> ----- >> >> The last two options should be moved to 10-x11-input.fdi. Beware >> that Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)" is equal to >> ----- >> Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru" >> Option "XkbVariant" ",winkeys" >> ----- >> >> One more change should be done at 10-x11-input.fdi: a match key >> for "linux" should be changed to "FreeBSD". ;-) >> >> So, for my keyboard the diff is (well, I've changed a comment >> also): >> ----- >> --- 10-x11-input.fdi.orig 2009-04-10 10:35:51.000000000 +0400 >> +++ 10-x11-input.fdi 2009-04-10 13:06:49.000000000 +0400 >> @@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ >> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> >> <device> >> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard"> >> - <!-- If we're using Linux, we use evdev by default (falling back to >> - keyboard otherwise). --> >> + <!-- If we're using FreeBSD, we use kbd by default --> >> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">kbd</merge> >> <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name" >> - string="Linux"> >> - <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge> >> + string="FreeBSD"> >> + <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">us,ru</merge> >> + <merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string">,winkeys</merge> >> + <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,altwin:menu</merge> >> </match> >> </match> >> </device> >> ----- >> >> If nothing helps you may wish to restart hald. ;-) > Hello Boris, > > You don't need to patch this file, just create your own one > and save it as /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/keyboard.fdi and > restar hal. > > Here is my example, not international, but a Sun Type 7 > > garga@botelhor:~> cat /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/keyboard.fdi > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <deviceinfo version="0.2"> > <device> > <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard"> > <match key="info.product" contains="Type 7 USB keyboard"> > <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">kbd</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" > type="string">pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+pc(pc105)+us(intl)</merge> > </match> > </match> > </device> > </deviceinfo> Yes, this works just fine and is a better solution. Thanks! WBR -- bsa
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