Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 14:11:15 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <opsyspref@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: German keyboard support for gdm??? Message-ID: <20180202141115.aa7bbf16.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CALMZ5n5Sk8iaOM3W_3du4LzDafSTNvCKnmAMaY2i7sLniecEkA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALMZ5n5Sk8iaOM3W_3du4LzDafSTNvCKnmAMaY2i7sLniecEkA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 05:04:24 +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > does anyone know how to make gnome's display manager gdm understand german > keyboard input? Historically, you put an entry in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but today, this is not so easy anymore. There are at least two options: a) Use X11 cofiguration /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/keyboard-de.conf Section "InputClass" Identifier "KeyboardDefaults" Driver "keyboard" MatchIsKeyboard "on" Option "XkbLayout" "de" EndSection See chapter 5.4.7.1. in the handbook: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html b) Use HAL configuration /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard"> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">pc102</ merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">fr</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo> See chapter 5.9. in the handbook: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-understanding.html c) Use Gnome's configuration utility (the one which can also configure gdm). I've never used that, so I cannot be more specific, sorry. :-) > I can find many discussions, hints and ideas in the web, but whatever I > try, gdm stubbornly insists on using en_US default keyboard. Which idea(s) did you already test? > I am running gdm-3.16.4_3 from ports on FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE amd64 . > My german keyboard is supported on console and "inside" Gnome 3 , but not > on gdm's username/password dialog. Which can cause lots of "fun" if you're user name or password includes german Umlauts, Eszett, and special characters. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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