Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:32:49 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> Subject: Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg Message-ID: <20090527223249.274ca0e0@gluon.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905272305010.55125@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <339939423b7073da421d122cf01b9e50.squirrel@webmail.plus.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905272305010.55125@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wed, 27 May 2009 23:10:24 +0200 (CEST)
Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> > I have jsut loaded up 7.2, fetched the ports and installed xorg /
> > fluxbox etc - for first time my kb / mouse didnt work in xorg but
> > now I have that sorted with enabling hald etc
> >
> sorry if stupid question, but have xorg got radical changes within
> last months?
>
> I never needed hald to have keyboard and mouse under X working. it's
> all just matter of xorg.conf, and keyboard and mouse just need
> setting a type (like polish in my case).
>
> > However, I have noticed that the GBP symbol does not work? In
> > console I get a beep, in xorg nothing. I have tried iso and cp850
> > keymaps
From /usr/ports/UPDATING:
20090123:
AFFECTS: users of x11-servers/xorg-server
AUTHOR: rnoland@FreeBSD.org
If you are using an older xorg.conf several config lines are
no longer needed and will generate warnings when X is started.
RgbPath will cause X to fail to start, remove it from your config.
Server 1.5.3 also really wants to configure its input devices
via hald. This is causing some issues with moused and
/dev/sysmouse. There are a couple of options for how to deal
with it.
[...]
What this means is that to get a UK keyboard layout in xorg you need a
file in /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/
I've named my copy 10-x11-keyboard.fdi and it contains:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">kbd</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">xorg</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel"
type="string">microsoft</merge> <merge
key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">gb</merge>
</match> </device> </deviceinfo>
--
Bruce Cran
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