Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 11:34:46 -0600 From: "Edwin L. Culp W." <edwinlculp@gmail.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdinstall kbdmap Message-ID: <CALFgp2P74XrC67sunnSOn_thR7_uJCb=ms5Vk2n4Qnsu43s%2BPw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1LcPVe=gzMVthnMac67Pk97nFkoyqyUqhO62O1_pkzaUA@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> <CAFHbX1LcPVe=gzMVthnMac67Pk97nFkoyqyUqhO62O1_pkzaUA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote= : > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. <edwinlculp@gmail.com> = wrote: >> 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 >> =A0FreeBSD home.encontacto.net 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #44: Wed >> Jan =A04 05:03:08 CST 2012 >> root@home.encontacto.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO =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 Thanks Jakub and Tom, Try to answer both together. Hope it isn't confusing. First s/mouse/keyboard/g Before rebooting I ran portmaster -a and updated hald. I then rebooted and my problem begain. Using a standad black terminal works wonderfully. It just needs: keymap=3D"spanish.iso.acc.kbd" in rc.conf I've tried all the spanish maps to get the closest to my keyboard so the rc.conf seems correct. Before the reboot and hald upgrade, all was well. I haven't ever touched nor was I aware that a hal policy file existed. (Going to try killing hal first. It has always been a pain in the...... neck. Sounds like I need to disable hal and restart X and maybe all will be well again. Results. bsd terminal works great but X doesn't recognize the mouse. The problem is definitely hal. I hope it dies soon. Going to study hal a bit. Thanks, ed ed
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