From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Sat Mar 21 02:25:53 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@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 9733E27AE80 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:25:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48kkyn1NSJz4ds1 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:25:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 2F3C327AE7D; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:25:53 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: x11@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 2EE8427AE7C for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:25:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48kkym6sCjz4drs; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:25:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 02L2Pjvx013944; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:25:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 02L2PjWV013943; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:25:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202003210225.02L2PjWV013943@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: users of xorg, in particular on FreeBSD 11.3 In-Reply-To: To: x11@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:25:45 -0700 (PDT) CC: re@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48kkym6sCjz4drs X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.60 / 15.00]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.47)[0.466,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.93)[0.930,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:25:53 -0000 > [ This is cross-posted across several mailing lists for maximum > visibility. Please respect reply-to and keep replies to x11@FreeBSD.org > . Thank you! ] Killed cc list, then added re@ as this directly concerns the 11.4 release upcoming. What would be the best way to handle this for the 11.4 release? Thanks, Rod > > In order to improve support when using evdev to manage input devices, in > particular keyboards, we have switched the default in x11/libxkbcommon > to the evdev instead of the legacy ruleset. This was done in ports > r528813 . > > On FreeBSD 11.3, the default configuration still requires the legacy > ruleset. > > If you are using FreeBSD 11.3, or if you are using xf86-input-keyboard > on FreeBSD 12 or later, you need to change the ruleset used by > x11/libxkbcommon. > > If you have issues with your keyboard, most notably arrow keys, and if > /var/log/Xorg.*.log shows that the "kbd" or "keyboard" driver is being > used, you need to switch to legacy rules by setting the environment > variable XKB_DEFAULT_RULES to xorg. > > The easiest way to accomplish this is by adding it to your shell startup > file. > > As an example, for users of [t]csh, put > setenv XKB_DEFAULT_RULES xorg > in ~/.login > > For users of bourne type shells (sh, bash, ksh, zsh, ...) instead put > export XKB_DEFAULT_RULES=xorg > in ~/.profile > > Regards > -- > Niclas Zeising > FreeBSD Graphics Team > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org