Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 14:49:57 -0300 From: Renato Botelho <rbgarga@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUCCESS: xorg, hal and international keyboard Message-ID: <747dc8f30905231049t1f5047d9h966e5ebd31af5cf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <34088967@bb.ipt.ru> References: <34088967@bb.ipt.ru>
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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: > 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: > ----- > 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. ;-) > > > HTH & WBR > -- > Boris Samorodov (bsam) > Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP > FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > 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> -- Renato Botelho
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