configuring keyboard in xorg

[Micah]

Erik Nørgaard wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I have installed xorg on a new machine, and things justed worked out of
> the box, with the exception of the keyboard layout. Now, I can't find
> the usual XF86Config anywhere, I see a sample xorg.conf.eg but editing
> this just setting keyboard layout and map I get an error
> 
>    getty repeating too quickly on port ttyv8
> 
> Where is the default config now? it's been years since I last configured
> X - that was last time I bought a new computer...
> 
> While I'm at it, how do I set the mouse speed?
> 
> Thanks, Erik
> 

I usually do X -configure, which will write out an auto-configured 
xorg.conf in the current directory.

HTH,
Micah