From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 16:47:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E83106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:47:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A168FC14 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:47:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzv15 with SMTP id zv15so174736bkb.13 for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:47:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=72nU7lsuq4m4dpuPA+wBH6C8NeaD4IvZndbDkDq0jWE=; b=jhXC3ODrCMvApqNPt9NDyv+eY0mspZ5avOMl3EcUWBkCOz5T1uQF6PE7i9FccfsBat 9aZIkt2RCPHa+qWfDScFelVdZodfCrMTGMtnmLg/NATsh4bZHIP4GCZ+jisRyphSOQGB +W0nsjcImc8PBJUZ+vRymcjbrUTiD+DS8Bjkk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.9.216 with SMTP id m24mr1092063bkm.84.1325782073845; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:47:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.227.136 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:47:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1325682607290-5119535.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325682892011-5119548.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325708292675-5120710.post@n5.nabble.com> <1325708915902-5120743.post@n5.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:47:53 +0000 Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: "Edwin L. Culp W." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdinstall kbdmap X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:47:55 -0000 On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. 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