Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 14:12:47 -0500 (EST) From: Dave Hummel <dave@dnh.pce.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.8-stable to 3.1-stable: keyboard woes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903061330060.914-100000@dnh.pce.net>
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Hi all, After an upgrade from 2.2.8-stable to 3.1-stable I have some keyboard troubles. Symptoms include: emacs in console: very screwy emacs in X: meta key moved from alt to esc... other miscelaneous trouble. rxvt & family: backspace and delete seem to be reversed in editors. xterm ok. I am getting the following error when starting X with startx: Sytem: '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/ -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: " -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' This could(?) account form problems in X, but not in the console. I noticed that syscons has changed in the kernel. I have an IBM keyboard from a 1986 XT(PT.NO.1390120 MODEL M) that has always worked flawlessly. My config says: controller atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD tty device atkbd0 at isa? tty irq 1 LINT says: # `flags' for atkbd: # 0x04 Old-style (XT) keyboard support, useful for older ThinkPads Do I need this flag? (I never had to use flags before). If so, what is the proper syntax? Also, any clue on how to resolve that X error? Any other insights or hints into my problems? My gut tells me that my main problem lies outside of X, but I may actually have X configuration errors as well. Thanks, Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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