[Arm-netbook] Keymap problems in X11 with arrow keys, PgUp and PgDn

JLB j at twu.net
Tue Apr 20 16:56:48 BST 2010



On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Michael Howard wrote:

> Michael Howard wrote:
>> JLB wrote:
>>
>>> I tried this... setting the options to use devices /dev/input/event0 (for
>>> the keyboard) and /dev/input/event1 (for the touchpad) in
>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>>>
>>> The results were disastrous. The keyboard spewed copious amounts of
>>> garbage, and the touchpad simply did not work.
>>>
>>> Did I do something wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'm using lenny with xserver-xorg, xdm and xfce4. Here's my xorg.conf,
>> it works for me;
>>
>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>     Option        "AutoAddDevices" "False"
>>     Option        "BlankTime"    "600"
>>     Option        "StandbyTime"    "600"
>>     Option        "SuspendTime"    "600"
>>     Option        "OffTime"    "600"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>     Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
>>     Driver        "evdev"
>>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
>>     Option        "SendCoreEvents"
>>     Option        "CoreKeyboard"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>     Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
>>     Driver        "evdev"
>>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
>>     Option        "SendCoreEvents"
>>     Option        "CorePointer"
>> EndSection
>>
> Apologies for following up my own post.
>
> JLB, forgot to mention, please note the use of "evdev" in the sections
> above.
>
> -- 
> Michael Howard        mike at dewberryfields dot co dot uk
> Lancashire
> England
>
>
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Yeah, I noticed the 'evdev'. Hopefully, that will solve the problem.




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