[PATCH] Fix XKB options passed from HAL

[Xavier Bestel]

On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:24 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le Jeu 6 décembre 2007 16:06, Xavier Bestel a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I didn't really follow that discussion, but in the end would a non-US
> > keyboard work automagically (without specific sections in xorg.conf),
> > provided the linux console is already properly configured ?
> 
> evdev takes care of the low-level stuff. So everything autoconfigured
> at the kernel (module) level would work the same in xorg. The kernel
> hides if a keyboard is PS/2, usb... hotplugged or not, and you'd get
> the same level of support in xorg. The same keyboard would have the
> same effect if it's plugged as PS/2 or USB (not the case right now).
> 
> However, just like you need to select a logical keyboard layout for
> the console, you'll still need to select a logical layout for X (I
> think there are plans to hook a layout chooser in gdm). 

So I'll rephrase my question: will X be able to choose a layout
automatically, just by looking at what the kernel console is already
doing ? After all the info is already there, somewhere.

	Xav