Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSectionGentoo Linux keyboard issues
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I've already posted this to the Gentoo forums, with no luck. Perhaps someone here can help.
After a long period of using Debian, I thought I'd check up on how things are in the Gentoo world again, and almost immediately I ran into a few keyboard issues. I'm using a Swedish keyboard layout, and GNOME for my desktop environment. Recently installed modular X.org, which seems to be the direct cause of problem 2.
First off, I seem completely unable to use the characters Å, Ä and Ö (would be aring, auml and ouml in HTML) in gnome-terminal. I haven't had the opportunity to try with other terminals yet. This seems Gentoo-specific, as I've never experienced it before with any other dist.
Second, and this one appeared after installing modular X.org, my Alt Gr key doesn't work on the login screen. It works just fine after login though, and all other keys seem to work. This problem seems quite universal to modular X.org, as I've experienced it with several dists and modular X.
[SOLVED] Third, and this isn't related to X, but I thought it better to gather all the issues in one thread, in the "normal" text only console, I can't use arrow keys, backspace, delete, etc. However, Å, Ä and Ö works quite fine. This is another Gentoo specific.
Fourth, I get the same error message as this guy when starting GNOME or fiddling with the keyboard config through the GNOME control panel, except, obviously, it's in English. It doesn't seem to cause any trouble other than the two problems I first mentioned.
The relevant section from xorg.conf:
Look at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg7
I know it isn't your distro but the trouble-shooting part should apply generally.
I know it isn't your distro but the trouble-shooting part should apply generally.
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Nothing in there solved the problems with Xorg. On the brighter side of things, I managed to get the text only console working as intended. One down, three to go.
A simple (but prehaps not the best) way to get swedish characters is to create a file called .Xmodmap in your home directory (I've only tried it with slackware) with the following content:
! Xmodmap.sw: Swedish keyboard setup for IBM PC! AltGr selects the modifier map 1 (mod1)! Alt prepends an ESC to each pressed key (two characters sent)clear mod1! keysym Alt_R = Mode_switchadd mod1 = Alt_Ladd mod5 = Mode_switch! Keysyms suitable for a swedish keyboard (Ändrad av Erik Jonsson)keycode 8 =!keycode 9 = Escapekeycode 9 = backslash braceleft braceright slashkeycode 10 = 1 exclam paragraph onesuperiorkeycode 11 = 2 quotedbl at twosuperiorkeycode 12 = 3 numbersign sterling threesuperiorkeycode 13 = 4 currency dollar centkeycode 14 = 5 percent parenleft guillemotrightkeycode 15 = 6 ampersand parenright guillemotleftkeycode 16 = 7 slash braceleft greaterkeycode 17 = 8 parenleft bracketleft lesskeycode 18 = 9 parenright bracketright brokenbarkeycode 19 = 0 equal braceright barkeycode 20 = plus question backslash plusminuskeycode 21 = dead_acute dead_grave acute gravekeycode 22 = BackSpacekeycode 23 = Tabkeycode 24 = q Q agravekeycode 25 = w W ediaeresiskeycode 26 = e E ecircumflexkeycode 27 = r R registered copyrightkeycode 28 = t T thornkeycode 29 = y Y yacutekeycode 30 = u U udiaeresiskeycode 31 = i I iacutekeycode 32 = o O ocircumflexkeycode 33 = p P bracketleft braceleftkeycode 34 = aring Aring bracketright bracerightkeycode 35 = dead_diaeresis dead_circumflex dead_tildekeycode 36 = Returnkeycode 37 = Control_Lkeycode 38 = a A exclamdown acircumflexkeycode 39 = s S ssharp asciicircumkeycode 40 = d D ethkeycode 41 = f F ordfeminine masculinekeycode 42 = g G degree asciitildekeycode 43 = h H eacute keycode 44 = j J egravekeycode 45 = k K ogravekeycode 46 = l L oacutekeycode 47 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis oslashkeycode 48 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis ae keycode 49 = section onehalf onequarter threequarterskeycode 50 = Shift_Lkeycode 51 = apostrophe asterisk grave asciitildekeycode 52 = z Z questiondown diaeresiskeycode 53 = x X multiply divisionkeycode 54 = c C ccedilla Ccedillakeycode 55 = v V ucircumflexkeycode 56 = b B notsign aacutekeycode 57 = n N ntilde Ntildekeycode 58 = m M mukeycode 59 = comma semicolon less grave keycode 60 = period colon greater acutekeycode 61 = minus underscore hyphen macronkeycode 62 = Shift_Rkeycode 63 = KP_Multiply KP_Multiply KP_Divide KP_Dividekeycode 64 = Alt_Lkeycode 65 = spacekeycode 66 = Escape!keycode 66 = Control_L XF86ModeLockkeycode 67 = F1 F11keycode 68 = F2 F12keycode 69 = F3 F13keycode 70 = F4 F14keycode 71 = F5 F15keycode 72 = F6 F16keycode 73 = F7 F17keycode 74 = F8 F18keycode 75 = F9 F19keycode 76 = F10 F20keycode 77 = Num_Lock keycode 78 = Scroll_Lock!keycode 79 = Home KP_7 KP_7 Homekeycode 79 = braceleft KP_7 KP_7 braceleft!keycode 80 = Up KP_8 KP_8 Upkeycode 80 = backslash KP_8 KP_9 backslash!keycode 81 = Prior KP_9 KP_9 Priorkeycode 81 = braceright KP_9 KP_9 Priorkeycode 82 = KP_Subtract KP_Subtract KP_Add KP_Add!keycode 83 = Left KP_4 KP_4 Leftkeycode 83 = guillemotright KP_4 KP_4 guillemotrightkeycode 84 = asciitilde KP_5 KP_5 asciitilde!keycode 84 = Begin KP_5 KP_5 F7!keycode 84 = Meta_R KP_5 KP_5 F7keycode 85 = guillemotleft KP_6 KP_6 guillemotleft!keycode 85 = Right KP_6 KP_6 Rightkeycode 86 = KP_Add equal KP_Add KP_Add!keycode 87 = End KP_1 KP_1 Endkeycode 87 = bracketleft KP_1 KP_1 End!keycode 88 = Down KP_2 KP_2 Downkeycode 88 = at KP_2 KP_2 Down!keycode 89 = Next KP_3 KP_3 Nextkeycode 89 = bracketright KP_3 KP_3 Next keycode 90 = Insert KP_0 KP_0 Insert!keycode 90 = parenleft KP_0 KP_0 Insert keycode 91 = Delete KP_Decimal KP_Decimal Delete !keycode 91 = parenright KP_Decimal KP_Decimal Delete!keycode 92 = 0x1007ff00keycode 93 =keycode 94 = less greater bar backslashkeycode 95 = F11keycode 96 = F12keycode 97 = Homekeycode 98 = Upkeycode 99 = Priorkeycode 100 = Leftkeycode 101 = Beginkeycode 102 = Rightkeycode 103 = Endkeycode 104 = Downkeycode 105 = Next!keycode 106 = Insertkeycode 106 = Escapekeycode 107 = Deletekeycode 108 = KP_Enterkeycode 109 = Control_Rkeycode 110 = Caps_Lock!keycode 110 = Pausekeycode 111 = grave acute asciitilde asciicircum!keycode 111 = Printkeycode 112 = KP_Divide KP_Divide backslash backslashkeycode 113 = Mode_switch!keycode 113 = AltGrkeycode 114 = Breakkeycode 115 = slash braceleft bracketleft asciitilde!keycode 115 = vaenster win95keycode 116 = backslash braceright bracketright asciicircum!keycode 116 = hoeger win95keycode 117 = Escape!keycode 117 = win95 startlista! Override some of the above settings to make the! "feel" of the keyboard more comfortable (IMHO)! Set Control_L to Caps_Lock! Set Caps_Lock to Control_Lkeycode 37 = Control_L!keycode 66 = Control_Lkeycode 110 = Caps_Lockkeycode 117 = Escape!keycode 9 = Caps_Lockclear Lockclear Controladd Lock = Caps_Lockadd Control = Control_L Control_R! Set backspace (left arrow) to delete! (Backspace is still available via C-h.)! keycode 22 = Delete! Move Escape "closer" to the left hand! keycode 9 = section onehalf! keycode 49 = Escape
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Thanks, that worked like a charm! I don't suppose there's a way to apply such a file system wide?
The dialog in #4 still bitches at me at login though, and I think I might be on to something. X.org 7 has a bit different directory structure from previous versions, is there a possibility that someone forgot to move some keyboard-related files?
Where would such files be located under the old (X.org 6.9.0 and earlier) structure? perhaps I'd find something if I went poking around there for a bit.
The dialog in #4 still bitches at me at login though, and I think I might be on to something. X.org 7 has a bit different directory structure from previous versions, is there a possibility that someone forgot to move some keyboard-related files?
Where would such files be located under the old (X.org 6.9.0 and earlier) structure? perhaps I'd find something if I went poking around there for a bit.
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