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Date:      Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:48:26 -0500
From:      eculp <eculp@encontacto.net>
To:        Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't map a Spanish keyboard on Current but in FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE it works fin.
Message-ID:  <20110808084826.122644v6g5zo3g8w@econet.encontacto.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1Lm3hFLJLcofrW6fwWJrhyOVg%2BgVEZydvhCMi=Kqo9N6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>:

> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:07 AM, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote:
>> I'm running kde on both and 7.4 works equally well with ttys and with
>> kde4-4.6.5.
>>
>> My FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 works with ttys but not even close with kde4-4.6.5.
>>
>> Is this me or could it be kde or Current? =C2=A0There doesn't seem to be =
any
>> changes in the language files spanish.iso.acc.kbd, for example.
>>
>> I've been tolerating this for the last week since setting it up with Beta=
1.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ed
>
> Have you told hald that the keyboard has a different layout?
>
> IE, do you have this:
>
>> $ cat /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi
> <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"ISO-8859-1"?>
> <deviceinfo version=3D"0.2">
>   <device>
>     <match key=3D"info.capabilities" contains=3D"input.keyboard">
>       <merge key=3D"input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type=3D"string">es</merge=
>
>     </match>
>   </device>
> </deviceinfo>
>

Works Great.  Thanks Tom.  I don't have that file on 7.4 but it works =20
too.  I've seen changes to hald on the list but haven't paid enough =20
attention.

Thanks again.  That makes my life soooooo much better.

ed
>
> Cheers
>
> Tom
>




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