Keyboard problems

[Andrew Farris]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> Rawhide insists that I use a US keyboard.  I'm forever hunting for the 
> whereabouts of non-alphanumeric keys and it's driving me mad.
> 
> System-config-keyboard knows that I want a UK keyboard.  However, it reports
> 
> Loading /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-keyboard/keyboard_gui.py", line 226, in 
> _okClicked
>     return self.apply(None, False)
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-keyboard/keyboard_gui.py", line 117, in apply
>     keyboardBackend.modifyXconfig(fullname, layout, model, variant, options)
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-keyboard/keyboard_backend.py", line 34, in 
> modifyXconfig
>     keyboard = xf86config.getCoreKeyboard(xconfig)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xf86config.py", line 177, in 
> getCoreKeyboard
>     raise XF86SectionMissing("No CoreKeyboard InputDevice found in the 
> layout")
> xf86config.XF86SectionMissing
> 
> I tried putting in a keyboard section, but Xorg.conf seems to be dynamically 
> produced these days, so re-starting X just puts me back with the default US 
> keyboard.  Is there nothing that can be done about this?

1. file a bug (check if someone did), this should not be happening to 
system-config-keyboard.

2. define the input section in xorg.conf for the workaround.  The xorg.conf is 
not dynamically generated, it is minimally configured.  That means any input 
devices can be added when X starts, but don't have to be in the config.  If you 
define them, it will honor your config.

Try:
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

With the correct change for XkbLayout, I'm not sure what that is.

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