Re: cannot configure X in 6.1.2

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 09:20:29PM -0500, John D. Baker wrote:
> It has been my experience that X (whether native or modular) usually
> gets it wrong and that a config file is absolutely necessary.

In my experience most of the config is fine, you only need very tiny
/etc/xorg.conf to override the things it can not guess (like modes for
pre-edid monitors, keyboard details, ...)

Below is the full config I use on the machine where I'm currently
typing, just as an example.

Martin

--8<--
Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "DontZap" "yes"
        Option "BlankTime"      "0"
        Option "StandbyTime"    "0"
        Option "SuspenDtime"    "0"
        Option "OffTime"        "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "Protocol" "wskbd"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/wskbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "type6_usb"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "de"
        Option      "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection