xorg-configuration questions

xorg-configuration questions

[John Soo]

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Hey all,

I love the idea of having one record for keyboard layout and I just
reconfigured my system with the new configuration but my settings won't
take. I've had issues with the old `extra-config` options in the past
(nothing worked then including the cst-trackball from below). Admittedly, I
am quite unfamiliar with xorg configuration of input devices so I can
imagine I may be doing something wrong. I've listed what I have so far
below. Note that the console keymap works properly. Also the auto-login
does not seem to work either. What am I doing wrong?

(define ctrl-nocaps (keyboard-layout "us" #:options '("ctrl:nocaps"))
...
(define cst-trackball
 "Section \"InputClass\"
    Identifier \"CST Trackball\"
    Driver \"libinput\"
    MatchVendor \"CST\"
    MatchProduct \"CST USB UNITRAC\"
    MatchIsPointer \"on\"
    Option \"AccelerationNumerator\" \"2.0\" EndSection")
...
(modify-services %desktop-services
...
('gdm-service-type c =>
 (gdm-configuration
  (inherit c)
  (auto-login? #t)
  (default-user "john")
  (xorg-configuration
   (xorg-configuration
    (keyboard-layout ctrl-nocaps)
    (extra-config `(,cst-trackball)))))))

Thanks again!

- John

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Re: xorg-configuration questions

[宋文武]

John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> writes:

> Hey all,
>
> I love the idea of having one record for keyboard layout and I just reconfigured my system with the new configuration but my settings won't take. I've had issues with the old
> `extra-config` options in the past (nothing worked then including the cst-trackball from below). Admittedly, I am quite unfamiliar with xorg configuration of input devices so I can
> imagine I may be doing something wrong. I've listed what I have so far below. Note that the console keymap works properly. Also the auto-login does not seem to work either.
> What am I doing wrong? 
>
> (define ctrl-nocaps (keyboard-layout "us" #:options '("ctrl:nocaps")) 
> ...
> (define cst-trackball
>  "Section \"InputClass\"
>     Identifier \"CST Trackball\"
>     Driver \"libinput\"
>     MatchVendor \"CST\"
>     MatchProduct \"CST USB UNITRAC\"
>     MatchIsPointer \"on\"
>     Option \"AccelerationNumerator\" \"2.0\" EndSection")
> ...

Hello, I think there is no "AccelerationNumerator" option for libinput, it
has "AccelSpeed" instead:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration#Mouse_acceleration_with_libinput

Hope it helps!

Re: xorg-configuration questions

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi John,

John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> skribis:

> I love the idea of having one record for keyboard layout and I just
> reconfigured my system with the new configuration but my settings won't
> take. I've had issues with the old `extra-config` options in the past
> (nothing worked then including the cst-trackball from below). Admittedly, I
> am quite unfamiliar with xorg configuration of input devices so I can
> imagine I may be doing something wrong. I've listed what I have so far
> below. Note that the console keymap works properly. Also the auto-login
> does not seem to work either. What am I doing wrong?
>
> (define ctrl-nocaps (keyboard-layout "us" #:options '("ctrl:nocaps"))
> ...
> (define cst-trackball
>  "Section \"InputClass\"
>     Identifier \"CST Trackball\"
>     Driver \"libinput\"
>     MatchVendor \"CST\"
>     MatchProduct \"CST USB UNITRAC\"
>     MatchIsPointer \"on\"
>     Option \"AccelerationNumerator\" \"2.0\" EndSection")
> ...
> (modify-services %desktop-services
> ...
> ('gdm-service-type c =>
   ^
This quote shouldn’t be here.

Apart from that, I don’t see anything wrong.

Now that there’s also ‘set-xorg-configuration’ now, which makes Xorg
configuration slightly less verbose.

HTH,
Ludo’.

Re: xorg-configuration questions

[John Soo]

Thanks!

I’m all fixed.  the extra config is broken but I think that’s an x configuration problem. 

- John

> On Apr 9, 2019, at 8:04 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> skribis:
> 
>> I love the idea of having one record for keyboard layout and I just
>> reconfigured my system with the new configuration but my settings won't
>> take. I've had issues with the old `extra-config` options in the past
>> (nothing worked then including the cst-trackball from below). Admittedly, I
>> am quite unfamiliar with xorg configuration of input devices so I can
>> imagine I may be doing something wrong. I've listed what I have so far
>> below. Note that the console keymap works properly. Also the auto-login
>> does not seem to work either. What am I doing wrong?
>> 
>> (define ctrl-nocaps (keyboard-layout "us" #:options '("ctrl:nocaps"))
>> ...
>> (define cst-trackball
>> "Section \"InputClass\"
>>    Identifier \"CST Trackball\"
>>    Driver \"libinput\"
>>    MatchVendor \"CST\"
>>    MatchProduct \"CST USB UNITRAC\"
>>    MatchIsPointer \"on\"
>>    Option \"AccelerationNumerator\" \"2.0\" EndSection")
>> ...
>> (modify-services %desktop-services
>> ...
>> ('gdm-service-type c =>
>   ^
> This quote shouldn’t be here.
> 
> Apart from that, I don’t see anything wrong.
> 
> Now that there’s also ‘set-xorg-configuration’ now, which makes Xorg
> configuration slightly less verbose.
> 
> HTH,
> Ludo’.