Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 19:11:48 -0800 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sway Working on 12.0? Message-ID: <a02726ad-3cce-a486-d59e-ccd684ad115e@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <zhs5-uyll-wny@FreeBSD.org> References: <23225300-6f80-f39b-783a-3e9a9b623a7a@nomadlogic.org> <zhs5-uyll-wny@FreeBSD.org>
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On 1/12/19 5:37 PM, Jan Beich wrote:
> Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> writes:
>
>> hi there,
>> i've been trying to get the sway pkg working on my 12.0-RELEASE system
>> and am kind of stuck. i was wondering if anyone else has it working
>> on their end. i am able to start sway, my mouse works, but i am
>> unable to get keyboard input working.
> If "libinput debug-events" shows keypresses try adding
>
> input * {
> # required for Mod4 aka Super
> xkb_rules evdev
> }
>
>> according to the log output it looks like sway is detecting my
>> keyboard device via libinput, and the fact that i have a working mouse
>> is kind of confusing to me. so any pointers would be really
>> appreciated!
> Which keys did you try pressing? Maybe add "exec xterm -e xev" to the
> config in order to debug key bindings.
thanks Jan for the two tips. i didn't think of exec'ing xterm on
startup of sway, so after doing that i verified i was getting
key-presses. then adding the input{} statement did the trick.
cheers!
-pete
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Pete Wright
pete@nomadlogic.org
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