Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:38:09 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: William Bulley <web@umich.edu> Cc: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>, x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libinput recognizies my keyboard, but not its arrow keys Message-ID: <20240129213809.1a2ec278@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <20240129202017.GB1334@dell4> References: <20240129202017.GB1334@dell4>
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:20:17 -0500
William Bulley <web@umich.edu> wrote:
> According to Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> on Mon, 01/29/24 at
> 14:55:
> >
> > Did you try if it works directly after running each of the commands
> > or did you restart x11?
>
> I believe I said that I restarted x11 each time (I placed these extra
> commands in my .xinitrc in which I had an original setxkbmap command)
>
> > These settings change the running x11 session and take immediate
> > effect, restating x11 will start with your defaults and is not
> > required for this test.
>
> So, okay, in a brand new xterm I tried to edit a multiline file.
>
> I verified that moving around in this file using my arrow keys
> did not work.
>
> Then in that same xterm window I issued each of those above three
> commands in turn, each time going back to edit that file and try
> to move around within that file using the arrow keys.
>
> None of that effort made any change in the action of my arrow keys.
>
> > If this doesn't help, I would suggest to start without any specific
> > xorg.conf file(a) (just move it out of the way) and see if the
> > defaults (in combination with one of setxkbmap commands) does the
> > trick.
>
> Believe me when I say that was exactly what I did when trying to get
> any x11 session to appear on my monitor. With an empty /etc/X11 and
> empty /usr/local/etc/X11/worg.conf.d directory(s) I could not get x11
> to work.
>
> > Sharing you xorg log won't hurt either.
>
> I did that in answer to another op's reply. Thanks again.
>
It's always a bit hard to support remotely, hence my questions to be
crystal clear what you tried.
This is what I use in in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-myinput.conf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput keyboard catchall"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "XkbRules" "evdev"
# Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "MiddleEmulation" "on"
Option "DisableWhileTyping" "off"
EndSection
(the touchpad section is probably not what you need).
So maybe - as a last "simple" solution, you could try:
setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us
in your .xinitrc and place 99-myinput.conf from above as the only
xorg configuration in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
Best
Michael
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Michael Gmelin
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