Keyboard problem after upgade 11.2 -> 11.3

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Hello,
I have a keyboard problem after a migration from 11.2 to 11.3.

My keyboard is working with the right layout (swiss-french) in console mode bur with a US layout in X11 mode.

First, I try to use Yast to configure the right layout and this was working fine until i logout. But by next login… :frowning:

I allready have a US layout on the login screen. So the problem should probabbly on the system configuration (not on user config).

The only way I found to resolve the proble is editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add

Option “AutoAddDevices” “off”

on section “ServerFlags”

This file have already sections with the right keyboard and mouse configured (from 11.2 ?).

This is probably not the good way to solve my problem.

Have somebody a better idea ?

Thanks in advance

Christian

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This is indeed a bad way to solve the problem. Normally the InputDevices sections should be ignored and the evdev driver should take care on mouse and keyboards. With “AutoAddDevices” “off”, you’re telling X to use the (older) drivers specified in the InputDevice sections.
If you’re using KDE, you can set the Keyboard Layout under:
Regional & Language -> Keyboard Layout -> (*) Enable keyboard layouts
and select the one you like.
Otherwise you have to issue the command: setxkbmap -layout ch ( assuming ‘ch’ means swiss-french), for example in your ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession, depending on how you start X (there are other possible places for that command).

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On 2010-11-03 22:36, ktn01 wrote:
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> Hello,
> I have a keyboard problem after a migration from 11.2 to 11.3.

I think there might be a problem with upgrades to 11.3, that X11
configuration is not properly done. In 11.3 it is mostly automatic, empty
xorg.conf file, with a directory for some sections. I would create a
separate partition with fresh install of 11.3, simply to see how X11 is
autoconfigured there and copy the configuration to the upgraded partition.
A lot of work, perhaps.

Please see another reply I just made on another thread related to keyboard
(Re: Yast System keyboard configuration?), it may give you ideas.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)