#3912 NORM Never A: X11 should get keep its keyboard layout across upgrades.

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#3912: X11 should get keep its keyboard layout across upgrades.
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 Reporter:  cscott           |       Owner:  jg            
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  x window system  |     Version:                
 Keywords:                   |    Verified:  0             
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 initscripts-8.54.1-9.olpc2 makes /etc/sysconfig/i18n persistent to
 partially address trac #3581.  But
 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images indicates that
 /etc/X11/xorg.conf must be customized to select an appropriate keyboard
 layout.  Changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf are throw away when we upgrade, and
 for good reason: the X configuration may have changed.

 We should keep the keyboard customizations across upgrades.  Some ideas:
 * use an #include of some sort (does xorg.conf allow this) and #include
 the keyboard layout section from persistent storage.
 * generate a proper xorg.conf keyboard section at first boot based on the
 contents of /etc/sysconfig/i18n
 * reset keyboard settings in .xinitrc, based on /etc/sysconfig/i18n
 * have X use sensible defaults, based on the LANG setting?

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/3912>
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