Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:25:45 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: x11@freebsd.org Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: users of xorg, in particular on FreeBSD 11.3 Message-ID: <202003210225.02L2PjWV013943@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <fcad26a1-e678-3da1-3c4f-3781cb73650a@freebsd.org>
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> [ This is cross-posted across several mailing lists for maximum > visibility. Please respect reply-to and keep replies to x11@FreeBSD.org > . Thank you! ] Killed cc list, then added re@ as this directly concerns the 11.4 release upcoming. What would be the best way to handle this for the 11.4 release? Thanks, Rod > > In order to improve support when using evdev to manage input devices, in > particular keyboards, we have switched the default in x11/libxkbcommon > to the evdev instead of the legacy ruleset. This was done in ports > r528813 . > > On FreeBSD 11.3, the default configuration still requires the legacy > ruleset. > > If you are using FreeBSD 11.3, or if you are using xf86-input-keyboard > on FreeBSD 12 or later, you need to change the ruleset used by > x11/libxkbcommon. > > If you have issues with your keyboard, most notably arrow keys, and if > /var/log/Xorg.*.log shows that the "kbd" or "keyboard" driver is being > used, you need to switch to legacy rules by setting the environment > variable XKB_DEFAULT_RULES to xorg. > > The easiest way to accomplish this is by adding it to your shell startup > file. > > As an example, for users of [t]csh, put > setenv XKB_DEFAULT_RULES xorg > in ~/.login > > For users of bourne type shells (sh, bash, ksh, zsh, ...) instead put > export XKB_DEFAULT_RULES=xorg > in ~/.profile > > Regards > -- > Niclas Zeising > FreeBSD Graphics Team > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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