Identification of different (laptop) keyboards with the same keyboard ID

[tkna91]

My recently acquired new laptop (Fujitsu Lifebook U938/S) had the same keyboard ID 0001:0001 as another laptop I originally owned (Acer C871T-A14P) as shown below.

[root@fu1 ~]# hostname
fu1
[root@fu1 ~]# keyd monitor
device added: 0002:0007 SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event10)
device added: 0001:0001 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event3)
[root@fu1 ~]#

[root@ac1 ~]# hostname
ac1
[root@ac1 ~]# keyd monitor
device added: 06cb:cdb6 Synaptics TM3510-001 (/dev/input/event10)
device added: 0fac:1ade keyd virtual pointer (/dev/input/event9)
device added: 0fac:0ade keyd virtual keyboard (/dev/input/event8)
device added: 0000:0000 Raydium Touchscreen (/dev/input/event7)
device added: 0001:0001 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event3)
[root@ac1 ~]#

However, I cannot use the same config because of the different key layout. Is there any way to deal with this situation?

[tkna91]

I solved the problem by renaming the file in yadm, the dot file manager I use, as follows

# ls -l /etc/keyd/*hostname*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 301 Jul  2 22:51 /etc/keyd/ac1.conf##hostname.ac1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 288 Jul  2 22:51 /etc/keyd/fu1.conf##hostname.fu1
#

For example, in an environment where the hostname is fu1, a symbolic link file fu1.conf -> fu1.conf##hostname.fu1 will be created.

https://yadm.io/docs/alternates

Close it as you like.

[rvaiya]

I believe this should also be fixed in ca9aa51f1. Device ids now include a unique identifier that is independent of the product/vendor id.