[SOLVED] Lenny - XF86Config - Keymap

the trooper · 07-20-2009, 04:28 AM

It might be worth posting the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf so we can see exactly what entry you have regarding keyboards.
Here's an example from mine:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

leamassiot · 07-20-2009, 04:37 AM

Hi,
I am afraid my "xorg.conf" is empty!
I don't know if it's normal...
Are you using Lenny?
I don't know which is the file used as a replacement
for "xorg.conf", if such a file exists :/

All the best

,
--
Léa

the trooper · 07-20-2009, 04:45 AM

Quote:

I am afraid my "xorg.conf" is empty!

Yes that's quite normal after a fresh install.
I had to manually add the entry's in my file.

Quote:

Are you using Lenny?

No,Testing i'm afraid.

Quote:

I don't know which is the file used as a replacement

It's the right file,post the output of cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Let's see if there's anything there at all.

leamassiot · 07-20-2009, 05:32 AM

Thank you for your answer "the trooper".

Well, my "/etc/X11/xorg.conf file" is really really empty.
No doubt about that.

Lenny MUST be using some kind of other file to make its
stuff work: my mouse, keyboard and display are working
perfectly...

All the best,
--
Léa

repo · 07-20-2009, 06:03 AM

Perhaps you can find some answers at
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=162636#162636

leamassiot · 07-20-2009, 06:06 AM

Thank you repo, I'll have a look at your link.
All the best,
--
Léa

the trooper · 07-20-2009, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leamassiot

Thank you for your answer "the trooper".

Well, my "/etc/X11/xorg.conf file" is really really empty.
No doubt about that.

Lenny MUST be using some kind of other file to make its
stuff work: my mouse, keyboard and display are working
perfectly...

All the best,
--
Léa

Well i'm really surprised about that.
Especially as repo showed you how to generate the file in an earlier post.
I believe mine was generated when i installed the Nvidia driver.

Well i hope the link helps you out.
Please post back how you get on or if we can help further

leamassiot · 07-20-2009, 08:28 AM

Hi again,

Thank you so much for your help.

Yes, that's true, "repo" showed me how to generate a "xorg.conf" file
but as I said, when I did it, I got an "awful messy result" (well, I
know, this description is a bit insufficient but maybe, you see what
I mean... :/). So I emptied again the "xorg.conf" file after this try.

I tried something else that might highlight things a little...
I had a look at X11 log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) and here are a
few excerpts from it:

First one:

Code:

X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2)
Current Operating System: Linux chrome 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:57:38 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 08 June 2009  09:12:57AM

Second one:

Code:

Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
  (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
  (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 20 09:53:30 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
(==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
  Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>"
(==) |-->Input Device "<default keyboard>"
(==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
  Using the default mouse configuration.
(==) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
  Using the default keyboard configuration.

Third one:

Code:

 (**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
 (**) <default keyboard>: always reports core events
 (**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
 (**) <default keyboard>: Protocol: standard
 (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
 (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 (**) <default keyboard>: XkbRules: "xorg"
 (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 (**) <default keyboard>: XkbModel: "pc105"
 (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
 (**) <default keyboard>: XkbLayout: "us"
 (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
 (**) <default keyboard>: CustomKeycodes disabled

I noticed two things:
(1) apparently a "default" configuration is used as "xorg.conf" is empty;
(2) the "XkbLayout" is set to "us". The problem may come from here, no?

Do you know about a kind of temporary directory in which one could
find the configuration file corresponding to these (temporary?) settings?
A file that I would copy to "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and in which I would
change "us" to "fr" or something like that

?

I just read:
"default settings are embedded in Xorg binary - i think.
but there is no default configuration file."
(http://www.nabble.com/xorg-default-c...d15274730.html)

All the best,
--
Léa

the trooper · 07-20-2009, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2)
Current Operating System: Linux chrome 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:57:38 UTC 2009 i686

Linux chrome?

Quote:

Do you know about a kind of temporary directory in which one could
find the configuration file corresponding to these (temporary?) settings?

As far as i know Debian now tries to 'auto' configure these settings,that's why by default the file is empty.
That's why we need to generate the xorg.conf,file to adjust these default settings.

Re-reading your previous post i don't think you stopped gdm properly before creating the file:

Quote:

- So I did: CTRL_ALT_F1.
- Logged as root.
- Ran "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
A "/root/xorg.conf.new" file was generated... as you mentionned.
- I moved that file to "/etc/X11/":
mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- Rebooted.

I would suggest trying to generate the file again.
Here's how i would do it:

Code:

ctrl-alt-f1

To exit the gui.
Login as root.

Code:

# /etc/init.d/gdm stop  (to stop gdm.)
# X -configure
# mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# /etc/init.d/gdm start

You should now be back in the gui,but you need to logout as root:

Code:

ctrl-alt-f1 again.
ctrl-d
ctrl-alt-f7

When you get to this point,post the contents of the xorg.conf please.

leamassiot · 07-20-2009, 09:40 AM

Took a little time to do it, sorry.

I followed your instructions to the letter.
Here is the "xorg.conf.new" generated.
When I copy this file to "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and restart "gdm",
I have the same problem as mentionned in the previous posts.
(The problems that occur are related to the display).

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/etc/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "KGAUniversal"       	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vga"
	VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
	BoardName   "G71 [GeForce 7300 GS]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

All the best,
--
Léa

the trooper · 07-20-2009, 09:49 AM

Ok we are getting somewhere

Now let's edit the file.
Make your entry for the keyboard like this:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "fr"
EndSection

Save the file.Then exit root.
Shut down the shell.

Restart X with ctrl-alt-bkspce
Login and try the keyboard layout now.

leamassiot · 07-20-2009, 10:05 AM

Dear "the trooper",

I added the various options ("XkbRules", "XkbModel" and "XkbLayout") to
the "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" "InputDevice" section,

but as I told you: I can get a proper display (I have no display, it
fails with the message mentionned in an earlier post (#10):

Code:

The display server has been shut down about 6 times
in the last 90 seconds. It is likely that something bad
is going on.
Waiting for 2 minutes before trying again on display :0.

) so I don't even get a chance to test whether these addings
are efficient or not...

I which could just set the "XkbLayout" option to "fr" in command-line...
wouldn't it be possible?

All the best,
--
Léa

the trooper · 07-20-2009, 10:18 AM

Looking at your xorg.conf you are using an odd driver "vga".
Try the following.

Reboot into single user mode.
Log in as root.
vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Edit the driver from vga to nv.

Save the file.
Then type exit to continue to boot into the gui.

See how you go.

leamassiot · 07-20-2009, 10:30 AM

Ok, you're a boss

!
I changed "vga" to "nv".
That's ok now.

Thank you for your patience and your reactivity!
So great to have a nice and efficient help like that!

Thanks to "repo" too who has also been patient and reactive.

I'll "thank" both of you.
I'll do another post to sum up what we did.
I'll do that right now.

Thanks and all the best

,
--
Léa

P.S. "chrome" is my machine hostname.

the trooper · 07-20-2009, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leamassiot

Ok, you're a boss

!
I changed "vga" to "nv".
That's ok now.

Thank you for your patience and your reactivity!
So great to have a nice and efficient help like that!

Thanks to "repo" too who has also been patient and reactive.

I'll "thank" both of you.
I'll do another post to sum up what we did.
I'll do that right now.

Thanks and all the best

,
--
Léa

P.S. "chrome" is my machine hostname.

You are very welcome!
Good luck with Debian in the future.

Edit: It would be worth using the thread tools to mark this thread as solved.