Bug#523460: xserver-xorg-input-kbd: settings in xorg.conf ignored

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Salvo Tomaselli wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-kbd
> Version: 1:1.3.2-3
> Severity: important
>
> After last dist-upgrade, and subsequent X restart, my keyboards settings
> stored in xorg.conf are being ignored. It is using american layout (i've
> specified italian one), it is not using the right apple key as altGr.
> This is very bad since i can't do the AT symbol anymore.
>   


Can't you use input-hotplug with hal instead of hardwired kbd/mouse in
xorg.conf?

If so, console-setup should have gathered your italian settings. See the
end of /etc/default/console-setup. If not, you need to adapt something
like this:
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="fr"
XKBVARIANT="latin9"
XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch"

Then hal should get XKB config from there. Check lshal | grep xkb
  input.xkb.layout = 'fr'  (string)
  input.xkb.model = 'pc105'  (string)
  input.xkb.options = 'lv3:ralt_switch'  (string)
If not, restarting hal might help

Then xserver should automatically add devices, use the evdev driver, and
load settings from hal. If not, make sure you didn't disable
AllowEmptyInput or AutoAddDevices in xorg.conf.

Brice