Xorg Input Hotplugging

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 20:17 +0100, Pixel wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 21:15 +0300, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> >> On Thursday 15 November 2007, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> >> > > at least one of the properties for your devices should contain their
> >> > > usb vendor/product IDs.
> >> > > 
> >> > > other properties xorg understands for keyboards:
> >> > >  - input.xkb.rules
> >> > >  - input.xkb.model
> >> 
> >> Should not it be actually "evdev" always? As evdev is really the only driver
> >> that would work?
> 
> agreed. IMO XkbModel should not even be supported by evdev driver
> 
> 
> Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> Simillar problems will happen with the keyboard, like arrow keys
> >> not working, in my case it was mapping to Print Screen, and calling
> >> ksnapshot when running kde.
> >
> > That's just your XKB model being set wrong.  I know the underlying
> > infrastructure works, because I've tested with multiple keyboards having
> > different layouts, etc.
> 
> agreed. the "arrow keys" syndrom :)
> 
> it is caused by apps like gnome-keyboard-properties which sets the xkb
> model when the user asked for some "internet" keyboard model.
> (cf http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-November/030433.html)
> 
> out of the 134 "model"s possible (rules/xorg.lst), 127 are based on
> keycodes/xfree86. if you apply one of these 127 models to a evdev
> keyboard, you can be *sure* it will be wrong.
> 
> here is the list of keysyms that will *always* be broken when applying
> a keycodes/xfree86 based model on evdev keyboard:
> 
> : Home Up Prior Left Right End Down Next Insert Delete
> : KP_Enter KP_Divide XF86_Ungrab KP_Equal
> : Mode_switch Control_R ISO_Level3_Shift Super_L Multi_key Menu 
> : Pause Break Print Sys_Req
> 
> internet & multimedia keys will always be broken too.

Hi, I use kde and don't set any xkb model, kde could apply a xkb model
but I prefer put the keyboard configuration on xorg.conf.
Questions: 
if evdev breaks so many things what is the point on use it ? 

On xorg.conf what should be the configuration for pt xkblayout on an
compaq/HP laptop, presario model ? with evdev module. 

you write "set keycodes/xfree86 based model on evdev keyboard
breaks ...", so, have we some command to unset keycodes/xfree86 based
model ? 

Thanks, 
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Sérgio M. B.