[SOLVED] XDM (or xorg ?) keyboard layout bug

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alex6 · Post by **alex6** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:18 am

I tried to set my keyboard to the layout "fr" like this :

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
# Option "XkbVariant" ",multi"
EndSection

...But when I login with gdm or any other logging manager my keyboard is in qwerty...My other tty don't have this problem...
My locales are set to "fr_FR ISO-8859-1"

Does someone understand what's happening ?

krinn · Post by **krinn** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:10 am

oui

you're using old style xorg.conf to configure your keyboard, this won't work, you need use the new style explain here : http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/ (lookout for xorg server version you use upgrade guide)

or add this file to your system & it should work (as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/97-evdev.conf)

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Section "InputClass"
   Identifier "mouse-all"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "AutoServerLayout" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "keyboard-all"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
        Option "XkbRules"  "xorg"
        Option "XkbModel"  "pc105"
        Option "AutoServerLayout" "on"
EndSection

VoidMage · Post by **VoidMage** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:40 am

Once again, setting XkbRules has no point as evdev driver hardcodes it to 'evdev' anyway.

alex6 · Post by **alex6** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:14 pm

Thanks, your config file works

I had to create the directory xorg.conf and create the config file which didn't exist...

I love xorg new way : no config file, you have to create it and create several in hidden places that doesn't exist with a new syntax !

I'm a bit melancholic when I remember some years ago when we only had to use a single xorg.conf file which DID exist

krinn · Post by **krinn** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:10 pm

VoidMage wrote: Once again, setting XkbRules has no point as evdev driver hardcodes it to 'evdev' anyway.

well, it work, and no bad effect, you're too perfectionist VoidMage

cazort · Post by **cazort** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:03 pm

I just found this solution and it also worked for me (I was trying to change to dvorak), but I agree with alex6's comment (incidentally, my name is also Alex). It seems a bit counter-intuitive to have to create a new config file in a directory that does not exist, to do something as basic as changing the keyboard layout for xdm.

While I like the new configuration-free xorg overall, the old setup had the advantage that if you needed to change something that required manual configuration, there were examples to work from!