[systemd-devel] Changing how localed writes keymap for xorg

[Lennart Poettering]

On Wed, 11.02.15 17:07, Colin Guthrie (gmane at colin.guthr.ie) wrote:

> Lennart Poettering wrote on 11/02/15 16:36:
> > On Wed, 11.02.15 14:18, Colin Guthrie (gmane at colin.guthr.ie) wrote:
> > 
> >>>> Also, anything plugged in to Xorg after running localectl (thus updating
> >>>> 00-keyboard.conf) will also get the "us" keymap (as that was what was in
> >>>> place at Xorg init time).
> >>>>
> >>>> Wouldn't it be better to do the following:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. deprecate the 00-keyboard.conf xorg.conf.d file
> >>>> 2. Instead apply the locale settings in udev via "xkb*" properties
> >>>
> >>> No, certainly not. The Xorg fragment is actual
> >>> configuration. Configuration should beat the rulesets really, which
> >>> carry device metadata. 
> >>
> >> Well, I don't disagree, but it would be nice to have a way such that
> >> inserting a new USB keyboard after configuring the global default, that
> >> it *actually* takes effect. Currently, without some other layer on top
> >> (as in GNOME), localed does not achieve this, but the udev approach
> >> does.
> > 
> > I am fine with changing what localed writes out, but udev rules is not
> > the way to go.
> > 
> > For example, if we can make the snippet we write out only be used as
> > fallback, then I am all for it.
> 
> What about the other suggestions I mentioned in my previous reply? Any
> comment on those? (it might not be your area of expertise, but you often
> have a nack of pointing out fundamental flaws/races so would be nice to
> know if those were options worth pursuing at all! :p).

Yeah, I think it would be good to either store the xkb stuff directly
in /etc/vconsole.conf, and make everything that needs xkb defaults to
read it from there, or introduce a new /etc/xkb.conf or so, and make
localed write that.

I am pretty sure this would also help David with systemd-consoled, as
well as the wayland people, since they have zero interest in X11
config snippets. I kinda was hoping David would comment on this too. 

David? Peter? Comments?

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat