From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Wed Mar 11 20:51:08 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3DF26A48A; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcr+freebsd-stable@tharned.org) Received: from roadkill.tharned.org (tunnel294749-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:107f::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "tharned.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48d3yf05wSz3xvj; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:51:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcr+freebsd-stable@tharned.org) Received: from flake.tharned.org ([IPv6:2001:470:1f11:107f:ddbd:4b8:b255:4e4f]) (authenticated bits=0) by roadkill.tharned.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 02BKouSZ058076 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:50:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from gcr+freebsd-stable@tharned.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tharned.org; s=2017; t=1583959857; bh=1gVIT5V2N+HD+81RIaStWuit93WZW6xWUOBXScMfF00=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=NrOLYp58tQ/fMHIiqVpKelVPhe4JDRkxBVe0fpSyr3/4avhaAsE5YDlOyrcsPbW6Q yaWgELYh9B0GBA7JSIhacPTtG+kpBY2c3vy8O8/pQZVAoXmcMXyo3Wdn68eCTmFgMo y5dbrlW0O2q3euHgzIGGlK2eV6FHORUHaJZdMLUHfoFLYFuQnXtsBJ1wto1eN3Hu7I abgMn1O4alzO3Wk0+v2ic6j1cRN9lo+f9VZOtwOJMjdn+cDfCJ4Eh9hJtxr9TrWYJH 7HI4zV0JsR3Za5kz0nFV3EwcyvBCkmyAXSzNq+EeZBn3SAARlentgmn3QHqQctZpxB q1oMJfXMTXsaQ== X-Authentication-Warning: roadkill.tharned.org: Host [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:107f:ddbd:4b8:b255:4e4f] claimed to be flake.tharned.org From: Greg Rivers To: FreeBSD current users , FreeBSD Stable Users Subject: Re: New Xorg - different key-codes Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:50:54 -0500 Message-ID: <1938208.uJW0cDvVUg@no.place.like.home> In-Reply-To: <20200311185345.GG3091@server.rulingia.com> References: <6762.1583886003@critter.freebsd.dk> <20200311185345.GG3091@server.rulingia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (roadkill.tharned.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:107f:0:0:0:2]); Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:50:57 -0500 (CDT) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48d3yf05wSz3xvj X-Spamd-Bar: ------- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=tharned.org header.s=2017 header.b=NrOLYp58; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of gcr@tharned.org has no SPF policy when checking 2001:470:1f10:107f::2) smtp.mailfrom=gcr@tharned.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-7.39 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[tharned.org:s=2017]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.997,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[tharned.org.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.6.2]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; HAS_XAW(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[tharned.org]; IP_SCORE(-3.59)[ip: (-9.66), ipnet: 2001:470::/32(-4.65), asn: 6939(-3.59), country: US(-0.05)]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[tharned.org:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; CTE_CASE(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[freebsd-stable]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:51:08 -0000 On Wednesday, 11 March 2020 13:53:45 CDT Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2020-Mar-11 10:29:08 +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote: > >This has to do with switching to using evdev to handle input devices on > >FreeBSD 12 and CURRENT. There's been several reports, and suggested > >solutions to this, as well as an UPDATING entry detailing the change. > > The UPDATING entry says that it's switched from devd to udev. There's no > mention of evdev or that the keycodes have been roto-tilled. It's basically > a vanilla "things have been changed, see the documentation" entry. Given > that entry, it's hardly surprising that people are confused. > Indeed, the change has been a bit inconvenient and time consuming to deal with. But I don't think we should let this overshadow the dedication and very hard work that Niclas and the graphics team have done and continue to do to keep FreeBSD relevant on the desktop. I for one am very grateful for that. -- Greg