[arch-dev-public] [arch-commits] CVS update of extra/x11/xorg-server (PKGBUILD xorg-server.install)

[Roman Kyrylych]

2008/2/21, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net>:
>
>  On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 18:56 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
>  > I have the following configuration:
>  >
>  > Section "InputDevice"
>  >         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>  >         Driver      "kbd"
>  >         Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
>  >         Option      "XkbModel" "pc104"
>  >         Option      "XkbLayout" "us,ua,ru"
>  >         Option      "XkbVariant" ",winkeys,winkeys"
>  >         Option      "XkbOptions"
>  > "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,eurosign:5,altwin:super_win,numpad:microsoft"
>  > EndSection
>  >
>  > It still works exactly as before in both GDM and Gnome.
>  > So I guess xorg.conf overrides hal config, and not the reverse as
>  > stated in .install.
>
>
> I think hal is used to configure everything that wasn't configured from
>  xorg.conf. When you take your USB keyboard out and stuff it in your
>  laptop for example, it will get recognized by hal and configured by
>  Xorg, but as it's a new device without configuration, there's no
>  keyboard mapping done on the keyboard.
>  I don't think messing around with fdi files is the way to configure
>  Xorg, that's why you have xorg.conf.

Makes sense.
post_install should be corrected to not scare&confuse users with
non-removable keyboards. ;-)

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)