Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 20:46:23 +0900 From: Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> To: Vadim Goncharov <vadimnuclight@gmail.com> Cc: Dominique Michel <dominique.c.michel@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First time with freebsd and weird keyboard issue Message-ID: <20241203204623.65307f9a866331d6f2cc6b72@dec.sakura.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <20241203130739.2eacb909@nuclight.lan> References: <20241126113912.60714f63@tuxette> <1732633036752.1687134307.2902732100@FreeBSD.org> <20241203100237.5623fcf0@tuxette> <20241203130739.2eacb909@nuclight.lan>
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 13:07:39 +0300 Vadim Goncharov <vadimnuclight@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 10:20:26 +0100 > Dominique Michel <dominique.c.michel@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Le Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:57:32 +0000, > > Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> a écrit : > > > > > Dominique Michel schrieb am Dienstag, 26. November 2024 11:39:12 > > > (+01:00): > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am the main fvwm-crystal maintainer and I am working on adding > > > > freebsd support to it. To do that, I installed the last freebsd > > > > version and I saw a double issue with the keyboard. > > > > > > > > First: > > > > In /etc/rc.conf > > > > keymap="ch-fr.acc.kbd" > > This is for console keyboard, it has nothing to do with X11. > > > > > In order to understand how to reproduce these issues, I do 2 test > > > > user accounts with different shells, sh and bash. With both of > > > > them, after login, the keyboard is working fine with the ttys. > > > > > > > > Then I followed chapter 25 of the handbook and put in > > > > ~/.login_conf: me:\ > > > > :charset=UTF-8:\ > > > > :lang=fr_ch.UTF-8: > > > > > > > > and ran cap_mkdb ~/.login_conf > > That's essentially shell-independet setting of locale environment > variables. > > > > You only need to run cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf. Your ~/.login_conf is > > > read automatically upon login. By running cap_mkdb with your own > > > login config you probably messed up your environment. > > > > I followed the handbook: 25.2.1.1. Login Classes Method > > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/l10n/#login-class > > > > "i Note: > > > > For an end user, the cap_mkdb command will need to be run on their > > ~/.login_conf for any changes to take effect." > > > > > > > > Another run cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf should fix it. > > > > > > > Anyway, I ran that command 1 more time as root and commented out the > > 'me: ....' stuff in ~/.login_conf. It works fine at the tty, but after > > startx, that change nothing. > > Yep, because $LANG alone is not enough for full X11 l10n. > > > I found a workaround, it is to install lightdm and start fvwn-crystal > > with it. And finally, I found a fix. It is to restore the 'me:...' > > stuff and add in .xinitrc: > > > > setxkbmap -layout 'ch(fr)' -model pc105 -option > > terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,keypad:pointerkeys > > > > Note the single quotes around the layout and the (). > > Without language variables you'll only get keyboard with this and not > messages, time etc. stuff, e.g. `ls -l` month names in xterm > > -- > WBR, @nuclight Just a pointer. The same thing is discussed at forums.freebsd.org, too. Answered by different persons (including me) with different aspects. https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/wrong-keyboard-map-in-x.95778/ -- Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
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