Re: First time with freebsd and weird keyboard issue

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"
> > 
> > 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  
> 
> 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.

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 ().

Dominique