On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 13:53 +0200, Nephilim wrote:
> Hello Craig,
>
> you can solve your keyboard problem by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf on the client system i. e. Ubuntu 8.10 or Ubuntu 9.04.
>
> Add the following block to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>
> ==== cut (start) ====
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
> EndSection
> ==== cut (end) ====
>
> If your're using an other keyboard layout than US, you may have to adjust the keyboard "InputDevice" in xorg.conf, too. Add (or uncomment) a block like this:
>
> ==== cut (start) ====
> # uncomment the following lines to use a
> # german pc keyboard layout
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
> EndSection
> ==== cut (end) ====
>
> After editing xorg.conf you have to restart your X-Server. On Ubuntu simply logout out and in.
>
> That's it.
> bye
> Nephilim
----
good catch...indeed that does work!
I think I ended up doing some more than you suggested, I added...
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection
to my xorg.conf which research tells me turns off hal's automatically
adding devices which had me specifically defining both my keyboard and
mouse setups in xorg.conf (perhaps not necessary but I am gathering that
it was necessary).
The 'Option "DontZap" "false"' was added in anticipation of Fedora 11's
xorg.conf which will enable that feature automatically and will prevent
you from being able to kill X from the keyboard, I gather to solve some
incompatibility with emacs and perhaps some other software.
Thanks
Craig
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