From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 17:34:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE2AC106566B for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:34:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwinlculp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B5FA8FC08 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaaf13 with SMTP id f13so768778eaa.13 for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:34:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1UWzT301dECwKIKhYa3s3/ZV4Z2xs3b9diRyx2gh6FM=; b=OuskSs1hbI8LGi4Whbnp4p7L+EJHmTFdt6lc34fCGSNeVjUpjkQqHxkd1DgxOwBDcP 7T8ih0RhFTcR4d1jzmhtC+gGqoPMY6gWCObQtVhBgP1zd2ENx2mJ5idpreq5nNkRkPo9 3HD84TaExJLZj6hLdRvo4P5Tbw6uRp7YIXbQk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.134.139 with SMTP id ic11mr1158933bkc.114.1325784886642; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:34:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.115.4 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:34:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1325682607290-5119535.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325682892011-5119548.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325708292675-5120710.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325708915902-5120743.post@n5.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 11:34:46 -0600 Message-ID: From: "Edwin L. Culp W." To: Tom Evans Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdinstall kbdmap X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:34:49 -0000 On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Tom Evans wrote= : > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. = wrote: >> I really appreciate your help but I am having a hard time >> understanding because this has been working perfectly on FreeBSD 9.0 >> since new. ( 4 months ago ) >> >> Just incase it is important. >> >> # uname -a >> =A0FreeBSD home.encontacto.net 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #44: Wed >> Jan =A04 05:03:08 CST 2012 >> root@home.encontacto.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO =A0amd64 >> >> My rc.conf has >> >> keymap=3D"spanish.iso.acc.kbd" > > Are you sure this is right? My rc.conf has: > > keymap=3D"uk.iso" > > ie, no '.kbd' file ending, which is implied. > >> >> I have no /etc/X11 configuration file and haven't ever needed one. >> The mouse has never had a problem until I reset the server this >> morning. >> > > Mouse? I thought you were talking about keyboard! > > To get the correct keymap in X from hal, you need to add a policy > file, exactly as described in the handbook. Possibly you didn't have > hal enabled in earlier X builds, but if you want it to work with hal, > you need the policy file. > > Cheers > > Tom Thanks Jakub and Tom, Try to answer both together. Hope it isn't confusing. First s/mouse/keyboard/g Before rebooting I ran portmaster -a and updated hald. I then rebooted and my problem begain. Using a standad black terminal works wonderfully. It just needs: keymap=3D"spanish.iso.acc.kbd" in rc.conf I've tried all the spanish maps to get the closest to my keyboard so the rc.conf seems correct. Before the reboot and hald upgrade, all was well. I haven't ever touched nor was I aware that a hal policy file existed. (Going to try killing hal first. It has always been a pain in the...... neck. Sounds like I need to disable hal and restart X and maybe all will be well again. Results. bsd terminal works great but X doesn't recognize the mouse. The problem is definitely hal. I hope it dies soon. Going to study hal a bit. Thanks, ed ed