Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:10:48 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: SUCCESS: xorg, hal and international keyboard Message-ID: <34088967@bb.ipt.ru>
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Hello List,
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:
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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
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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):
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--- 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. ;-)
HTH & WBR
--
Boris Samorodov (bsam)
Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP
FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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