Re: faketty is not needed with XOrg-7.x

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- Zoltan Boszormenyi <zb...@fr...> wrote:

> Hugo Vanwoerkom �rta:
> >
> >
> > */Zoltan Boszormenyi <zb...@fr...>/*
> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     I just noticed that faketty isn't needed with
> Xorg 7.x.
> >     The following section works like a charm for a
> keyboard,
> >     nothing else is needed.
> >
> >     Section "InputDevice"
> >     Identifier "Keyboard0"
> >     Driver "evdev"
> >     Option "Device" "/dev/input/eventX"
> >     Option "XkbLayout" "hu"
> >     EndSection
> >
> >     The proper eventX device is registered in
> /proc/bus/input/devices
> >     and as with the kbd driver, multiple sections
> can be listed
> >     and assigned to the same server, e.g. the PS/2
> keyboard
> >     and the BTTV remote is assigned to one X
> server,
> >     the USB keyboard's two devices (normal
> keyboard and
> >     the multimedia keys are separated) are
> assigned to the
> >     other server.
> >
> > And what is the vt set at then in gdm.conf for the
> other keyboards?
> >
> > Hugo
> 
> Nothing, but "-sharevts" is needed. Same for faketty
> if I don't specify "vtX" on the parameter line and
> use
>  Option "Device" "/dev/fttyN" instead.
> 
> But some bug may still exist in the X evdev driver
> as hungarian layout doesn't work correctly.
> E.g. Option "XkbModel" "pc105" makes RightAlt
> behave as Enter and without it (e.g. working as
> pc104),
> my i-acute button doesn't work.
> 
> So, XOrg is only starting to get there, I switched
> back to faketty for now.
> 
> 

I just tried this with good success. But I only have 2
monitors/keybds/mice.
The keyboards are both IBM Model M's. Mine is now 13
years old and the other I bought for $57 new.
Also I only need dead keys for us-intl config.

So Faketty is gone and xorg.conf relevant parts
becomes:

...
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier       "Keyboard0"
        Driver           "evdev"
        Option           "Device"        
"/dev/input/event0"
        Option           "XkbLayout"      "us_intl"
EndSection
...
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier       "Keyboard1"
        Driver           "evdev"
        Option           "Device"        
"/dev/input/event1"
        Option           "XkbLayout"      "us_intl"
EndSection
...

And the relevant parts of gdm.conf.1 are:
for the primary video console:
...
command=/usr/bin/X1 :0 -layout X1 -dpi 110
-deferglyphs 16 -isolateDevice \"PCI:0:10:0\" vt7
...

and for the alternate console:
...
command=/usr/bin/X0 :1 -layout X0 -dpi 110
-deferglyphs 16 -isolateDevice \"PCI:1:0:0\" -sharevts
...

but I don't think -sharevts is necessary because there
are none there.

It seems to work well: 
xserver-xorg 7.0.22
Debian Sid (unstable)
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8762

Regards,

Hugo























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