Re: x : keyboard not working

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: x : keyboard not working
Date	2017-10-09 05:50 +0200
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On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 01:11:18 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2017-10-06 20:25 (UTC-0500):
> 
> > On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 18:57:31 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> Brian composed on 2017-10-06 23:31 (UTC+0100):
> ...
> >> > '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.
> 
> 1-I was responding to the sole thread focus on user-specific configuration,
> pointing out global configuration as an alternative.
> 
> 2-xorg.conf came first, thus, familiarity with configuration via
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf*. Most of the time I need to use it anyway for things
> other than keyboard in Xorg. No need to fix what ain't broke.
> 
> 3-man page for /etc/default/keyboard is a redirect to the keyboard man page,
> which like most man pages I find thin on examples.
> 
> 4-aversion to that directory name. To me, defaults are things shipped by the
> distro provider.

For many of the items in /etc/default, the provider can't set a
sensible default. keyboard is one of these as the provider can't
possibly know whether your keyboard layout is gb, for example.

> /etc/sysconfig/keyboard would make more sense for something
> globally managed by the admin,

Why not make a link to /etc/default then, and have done with it.

> along with keeping shipped defaults in /usr.

That's already the case, isn't it? One normally doesn't alter
files in /usr. For years, I had it mounted readonly.

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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