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Date:      Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:03:18 -0800
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        Nuno Teixeira <ed.arrakis@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: input devices after xorg update
Message-ID:  <CAN6yY1uDyy87Rb2Q_u-=a3w9UO9qp94neuazs3eFYwH7uQhvoQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 12:06 PM Nuno Teixeira <ed.arrakis@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> Hi,
>
> More on udev libinput:
>
> New Xorg switch from devd to udev
> <
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/new-xorg-switch-from-devd-to-udev.7414=
4/
> >
>
> Nuno Teixeira
>
> <wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org> escreveu no dia s=C3=A1bado, 22/02/2020 =C3=
=A0(s) 16:54:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > after taking quite a while to get a working x11 back, here's what
> > I learned: if you build everything from ports, it is important to
> > revisit the configured options on your x11 related ports. You need to
> > enable the libinput driver and on FreeBSD 12 or newer switch xorg-serve=
r
> > to using udev. While this is now default, your stored build options
> > might be different.
> >
> > For everyone using non-default keyboard layouts, configured as in
> > section 5.4.7.1 of the FreeBSD handbook: you now need to use the
> > "libinput" driver instead of "keyboard". Otherwise the keyboard
> > module gets loaded in addition to the libinput module, resulting in
> > both talking to the keyboard and rendering it unusable.
> >
> > Wolfgang


I have everything working again. I had to install the small patch in
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D244306
and follow the instructions in the pkg-message. I did NOT switch to UDEV. I
sill use the default of DEVD. I do have libinput and xf86-input-evdev
installed.

It appears that the FIXDRM patch is only required on certain hardware... in
my case a Sandy Bridge GPU.
--
Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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