Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:47:53 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: "Edwin L. Culp W." <edwinlculp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdinstall kbdmap Message-ID: <CAFHbX1LcPVe=gzMVthnMac67Pk97nFkoyqyUqhO62O1_pkzaUA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALFgp2O8TYL5Echhga_KgaHt907K7tMNybTmxyJRir-WLQLVrg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1325682607290-5119535.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325682892011-5119548.post@n5.nabble.com> <CALFgp2Pq-B9aKQ_s115r0D_KQNGujnp65tZ9PKDOSFRgJxn%2BbQ@mail.gmail.com> <1325708292675-5120710.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325708915902-5120743.post@n5.nabble.com> <CALFgp2O8TYL5Echhga_KgaHt907K7tMNybTmxyJRir-WLQLVrg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. <edwinlculp@gmail.com> wr= ote: > I really appreciate your help but I am having a hard time > understanding because this has been working perfectly on FreeBSD 9.0 > since new. ( 4 months ago ) > > Just incase it is important. > > # uname -a > =C2=A0FreeBSD home.encontacto.net 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #44: Wed > Jan =C2=A04 05:03:08 CST 2012 > root@home.encontacto.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO =C2=A0amd64 > > My rc.conf has > > keymap=3D"spanish.iso.acc.kbd" Are you sure this is right? My rc.conf has: keymap=3D"uk.iso" ie, no '.kbd' file ending, which is implied. > > I have no /etc/X11 configuration file and haven't ever needed one. > The mouse has never had a problem until I reset the server this > morning. > Mouse? I thought you were talking about keyboard! To get the correct keymap in X from hal, you need to add a policy file, exactly as described in the handbook. Possibly you didn't have hal enabled in earlier X builds, but if you want it to work with hal, you need the policy file. Cheers Tom
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