Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:41:46 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> To: x11@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: users of xorg, in particular on FreeBSD 11.3 Message-ID: <fcad26a1-e678-3da1-3c4f-3781cb73650a@freebsd.org>
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[ This is cross-posted across several mailing lists for maximum visibility. Please respect reply-to and keep replies to x11@FreeBSD.org . Thank you! ] 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
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