Re: x : keyboard not working

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: x : keyboard not working
Date	2017-10-07 03:30 +0200
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On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 18:57:31 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
> Brian composed on 2017-10-06 23:31 (UTC+0100):
> 
> > On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 16:37:22 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> Brian composed on 2017-10-06 20:37 (UTC+0100):
> 
> >> > On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 21:19:28 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
> 
> >> >> for that matter, even "ctrl+alt+backspace" doesn't work to shutdown the
> >> >> x server. :(
> 
> >> > This disappeared from xorg many, many years ago. But it can be re-enabled
> >> > in Debian. An XKBOPTIONS options is what you look for if you really want
> >> > it. 
> 
> >> It only disappeared as a default. It was switched to an option. I use the same
> >> method to enable in Debian that works in Fedora and elsewhere:
> 
> >> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
> >> Section "InputClass"
> >>         Identifier "system-keyboard"
> >>         MatchIsKeyboard "on"
> >>         Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> >>         Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
> >> EndSection
> 
> > 'setxbdmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' in ~/.xsession is less
> > typing and more user-friendly. 
> 
> 1-That was an "as-is" copy from Fedora on a multiboot system, much easier than
> typing in an ~/.xsession file that didn't exist. I have no idea whether the
> match or layout lines would be necessary in Debian.
> 
> 2-Keyword: "user-friendly". /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf is global
> configuration, vs. user-specific ~/.xsession.

I don't understand why you want to do it this way. Debian unified
/etc/default/keyboard so that the values specified there are used
in both the VCs and X.

I stated this only a few days ago (thread: Make CapsLock an additional
Escape key) and it seems even more pertinent here because the OP
really wanted to be using the VC, not X. (We've had no feedback to
my suggestion that they use setfont to increase the font size, Duh.)

Cheers,
David.

Thread

x : keyboard not working Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 17:00 +0200
  Re: x : keyboard not working Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-10-06 17:10 +0200
    Re: x : keyboard not working Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 18:00 +0200
      Re: x : keyboard not working Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-10-06 20:00 +0200
      Re: x : keyboard not working Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-06 21:40 +0200
        Re: x : keyboard not working Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-10-06 22:40 +0200
          Re: x : keyboard not working Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 00:40 +0200
            Re: x : keyboard not working Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-10-07 01:00 +0200
              Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 03:30 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-10-07 07:20 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-07 13:30 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-09 05:50 +0200
        Re: x : keyboard not working Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-06 23:40 +0200
          Re: x : keyboard not working Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 00:20 +0200
            Re: x : keyboard not working Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-07 00:40 +0200
              Re: x : keyboard not working Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 01:00 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 03:40 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-07 13:20 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-09 06:20 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Mattia Oss <mais.toast@gmail.com> - 2017-10-09 20:30 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-13 00:20 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-09 06:30 +0200
  Re: x : keyboard not working <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-10-06 17:10 +0200
    Re: x : keyboard not working Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> - 2017-10-06 17:50 +0200
      Re: x : keyboard not working tomas@tuxteam.de - 2017-10-06 18:30 +0200
        Re: x : keyboard not working Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-06 20:40 +0200
          Re: x : keyboard not working deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-10-07 01:10 +0200
            Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-07 04:20 +0200
            Re: x : keyboard not working Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-07 06:20 +0200
              Re: x : keyboard not working <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-10-07 09:30 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-07 11:10 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-10-07 11:20 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-07 12:00 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-07 13:40 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-07 16:20 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-10-08 04:20 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-08 05:40 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2017-10-08 06:00 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-10-08 07:10 +0200
                Re: x : keyboard not working Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2017-10-13 00:50 +0200
      Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-13 05:00 +0200
  Re: x : keyboard not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-06 18:50 +0200
  Re: x : keyboard not working Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2017-10-07 11:30 +0200

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