keyboard and mouse no longer working

2010-01-06 Thread n dhert
a Country, I saw the keyboard was not responding. Both keyboard and mouse are USB, the system has no other kind of ports for keyboard or mouse. I tried with other USB ports (there are 4 at the back, 2 at the front) - no help. I reinstalled the original Windows/Ubuntu/FreeBSD disk. Booted in Windows

Re: keyboard and mouse no longer working

2010-01-06 Thread Warren Block
a DVD. The installation started, and a the FreeBSD Welcome screen I could press enter to skip the 10 seconds wait time. Then the normal messages rolled over the screen, but I noticed among them: usb1: host controller halted ubub1: IOERROR If you have an external hub, try connecting keyboard

RE: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-07 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:49:04 -0600 Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Try manually configuring mouse and keyboard in xorg.conf again, but only with AutoAddDevices Off, no AllowEmptyInput line. The xorg.conf man page says If AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using the kbd, mouse

RE: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-05 Thread Warren Block
moused_enable=NO hald_enable=YES dbus_enable=YES which turns on hald and dbus. As I mentioned in a previous post, I have tried it both with and without hald and dbus. Nothing works. Try manually configuring mouse and keyboard in xorg.conf again, but only with AutoAddDevices Off

Re: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-05 Thread George Hartzell
keyboard and mouse no longer work in X unless I have a USB mouse and keyboard plugged in. Unfortunately, I haven't had time to track it down and make a decent report, and it could just be my setup (Mac Pro, releng_7 [out of date], apple mice and keyboards) or me g

Re: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-05 Thread Michael L. Squires
I had similar problems with the mouse and keyboard when Xorg 7.4 first came out. I had upgraded to 7.X from 6.X by cvsup/compile/install process, and then did a portupgrade. After the portupgrade neither my Xinerama setup, the mouse, nor the keybord worked. There was an interim fix which

Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-04 Thread Paul Schmehl
I had a working Xorg config, and everything was fine. Then my monitors crapped out. I got new ones and installed them. No I have no mouse and no keyboard in Xorg. I've tried disabling hald and dbus and manually configuring them. That doesn't work either. What sort of troubleshooting steps do

Re: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-04 Thread Colin Albert
Paul Schmehl wrote: I had a working Xorg config, and everything was fine. Then my monitors crapped out. I got new ones and installed them. No I have no mouse and no keyboard in Xorg. I've tried disabling hald and dbus and manually configuring them. That doesn't work either. What sort

RE: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-04 Thread Paul Schmehl
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Colin Albert Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:29 PM Cc: 'Free BSD Questions list' Subject: Re: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard Have you tried adding

RE: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-04 Thread Michael L. Squires
I had to add the following when moving from Xorg 6 to 7 since moused no longer manages the mouse - hald and dbus do: In /etc/rc.conf # X11 7.4 #moused_enable=YES moused_enable=NO hald_enable=YES dbus_enable=YES which turns on hald and dbus. Mike Squires

RE: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-04 Thread Paul Schmehl
=YES hald_enable=YES Here's my current xorg.conf. This was working fine before I changed monitors. The only change I made was the Model of the monitor, which shouldn't affect mouse or keyboard behavior: ]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured

Re: Xorg - no mouse and no keyboard

2009-12-04 Thread Adam Vande More
) NOUVEAU(0): Setting screen physical size to 866 x 270 (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null)) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (II) LoadModule: kbd (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so (II) Module kbd: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled

7.2-STABLE X mouse keyboard issues

2009-11-11 Thread stan
I just built a brand new 7.2 STABLE machine, and the xorg package. startx brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB) function in X. I have not created a /etx/X11/ config file yet. Do I need to do so? If so, what;s the best way? -- A: Because it messes up

Re: 7.2-STABLE X mouse keyboard issues

2009-11-11 Thread Tim Judd
On 11/11/09, stan st...@panix.com wrote: I just built a brand new 7.2 STABLE machine, and the xorg package. startx brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB) function in X. I have not created a /etx/X11/ config file yet. Do I need to do so? If so, what;s

Re: 7.2-STABLE X mouse keyboard issues

2009-11-11 Thread herbert langhans
package. startx brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB) function in X. I have not created a /etx/X11/ config file yet. Do I need to do so? If so, what;s the best way? -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why

Re: 7.2-STABLE X mouse keyboard issues

2009-11-11 Thread Enno Davids
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:25 AM, stan st...@panix.com wrote: I just built a brand new 7.2 STABLE machine, and the xorg package. startx brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB) function in X. I have not created a /etx/X11/ config file yet. Do I need to do so

Re: 7.2-STABLE X mouse keyboard issues

2009-11-11 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, stan wrote: I just built a brand new 7.2 STABLE machine, and the xorg package. startx brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB) function in X. The Handbook has an up-to-date section on xorg configuration: http://www.freebsd.org/doc

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-20 Thread Ondřej Majerech
2009/10/20 Polytropon free...@edvax.de: Mouse and keyboard works without it too. I just re-read the chapters on X in the handbook. Setting a specific keyboard language (german in my case) now involves messing with XML in the HAL configuration. I'm just keen to know where I now have to set

Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread Andrey Zhidenkov
I've installed FreeBSD 7.2 with Xorg 7.4 server, but mouse (usb) and keyboard don't work. when I start X server the only way to exit is Ctrl-Alt-F* and kill the process. I've find out that Xorg now uses hal and dbus to configure mouse and maybe this is a problem. #tail /var/log/messages Oct 19

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Andrey Zhidenkov wrote: I've installed FreeBSD 7.2 with Xorg 7.4 server, but mouse (usb) and keyboard don't work. when I start X server the only way to exit is Ctrl-Alt-F* and kill the process. I've find out that Xorg now uses hal and dbus to configure mouse and maybe this is a problem

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread Andrey Zhidenkov
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:30:27PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Andrey Zhidenkov wrote: I've installed FreeBSD 7.2 with Xorg 7.4 server, but mouse (usb) and keyboard don't work. when I start X server the only way to exit is Ctrl-Alt-F* and kill the process. I've find out that Xorg now

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Andrey Zhidenkov wrote: On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:30:27PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Andrey Zhidenkov wrote: I've installed FreeBSD 7.2 with Xorg 7.4 server, but mouse (usb) and keyboard don't work. when I start X server the only way to exit is Ctrl-Alt-F* and kill the process

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Andrey Zhidenkov wrote: I've installed FreeBSD 7.2 with Xorg 7.4 server, but mouse (usb) and keyboard don't work. when I start X server the only way to exit is Ctrl-Alt-F* and kill the process. I've find out that Xorg now uses hal and dbus to configure mouse and maybe

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread herbert langhans
If you dont need it for another reason, you can compile xorg-server without hal (#make config). Mouse and keyboard works without it too. This solved all such problems on my laptop. Cheers herb langhans On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:52:24PM +0400, Andrey Zhidenkov wrote: I've installed FreeBSD

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:52:24 +0400, Andrey Zhidenkov andrey.zhiden...@gmail.com wrote: Section ServerFlags Option AutoAddDevises off ^ AutoAddDevices? :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread Polytropon
Allthough X is not an urgent topic to me at the moment (because I'm still running old X without all the HAL and DBUS magic), I always interestedly read such threads in order to keep up to date. On my testing system I just had the same problem. XFCE 4 started, but mouse didn't move, no keyboard

Question of keyboard input after lanuch vlc

2009-09-13 Thread PstreeM China
hello all : yestoday i install the vlc media player use ports , the question is that : After i lanuch vlc (In a X Env , just test Openbox and xfce ), i can not input any word ,look like keyboard is faile , mouse are normal , then i kill (click the X) it , the keyboard is normal. test

xorg: (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard

2009-09-07 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
get back again to the xdm login prompt. In /var/log/xdm.log I get (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard I've updated to full x11/xorg port. All my ports are up to date. My xorg.conf is below. Please advise many thanks

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-28 Thread Graham Bentley
The xorg-server port has an option not to use hal. But it is enabled by default. Thanks for the info however that doesnt help me on uk currency key on the console which still eludes me. I suspect in my case, if I could figure out how to fix the console keyboard issue it would actually work

7.2: Xorg no keyboard/mouse input

2009-05-27 Thread Pieter Donche
I set upFreeBSD-7.2 on a PC from scratch (deleted prevvious 7.0 partition, reinstalled 7.2) installed xorg and kde via pkg_add adapted /etc/ttys to start KDM window manager (ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm-nodaemon xterm on secure) at reboot, I get KDE login screen, but keyboard and mouse do not react

Re: 7.2: Xorg no keyboard/mouse input

2009-05-27 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 27 May 2009 11:38:25 +0200 (CEST), Pieter Donche pieter.don...@ua.ac.be wrote: I set upFreeBSD-7.2 on a PC from scratch (deleted prevvious 7.0 partition, reinstalled 7.2) [...] at reboot, I get KDE login screen, but keyboard and mouse do not react to any input/move. (in 7.0 on same

UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Graham Bentley
Hello, I have jsut loaded up 7.2, fetched the ports and installed xorg / fluxbox etc - for first time my kb / mouse didnt work in xorg but now I have that sorted with enabling hald etc However, I have noticed that the GBP symbol does not work? In console I get a beep, in xorg nothing. I have

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
keyboard and mouse under X working. it's all just matter of xorg.conf, and keyboard and mouse just need setting a type (like polish in my case). However, I have noticed that the GBP symbol does not work? In console I get a beep, in xorg nothing. I have tried iso and cp850 keymaps I can answer you

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Bruce Cran
if stupid question, but have xorg got radical changes within last months? I never needed hald to have keyboard and mouse under X working. it's all just matter of xorg.conf, and keyboard and mouse just need setting a type (like polish in my case). However, I have noticed that the GBP symbol does

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Graham Bentley
sorry if stupid question, but have xorg got radical changes within last months? Xorg -version = 1.6.1 compiled from msot recent ports Initially mouse and keyboard didnt work even with correct xorg settings. Now you need hald_enable=YES and dbus_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf and the ms / kbd

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Graham Bentley
What this means is that to get a UK keyboard layout in xorg you need a file in /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ I've named my copy 10-x11-keyboard.fdi and it contains: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=ISO-8859-1? deviceinfo version=0.2 device match key=info.capabilities contains

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Server 1.5.3 also really wants to configure its input devices via hald. This is causing some issues with moused and /dev/sysmouse. There are a couple of options for how to deal one more question - does it mean that it really wants or you don't have a choice at all. I'm asking to know if

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:57:58PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Server 1.5.3 also really wants to configure its input devices via hald. This is causing some issues with moused and /dev/sysmouse. There are a couple of options for how to deal one more question - does it mean that it

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

2009-05-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
The xorg-server port has an option not to use hal. But it is enabled by default. indeed | |[X] HALCompile with HAL config support u :) how nice. while i have Xorg already installed when i need, and don't upgrade it (as it works fine), once again thank you very

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher Arnold
Hi again, some more input on this. In Xorg.0.log i see: (II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Receiver (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (The at part makes sense, i only have

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Robert Noland
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 13:05 +0200, Christopher Arnold wrote: Hi again, some more input on this. In Xorg.0.log i see: (II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Receiver (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (EE) config/hal

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Andrew Gould
snip And in /etc/rc.conf: bus_enable=YES Shouldn't the line above be: dbus_enable=YES hald_enable=YES Or does anyone have any hints on why a keyboard (that i'm currently writing on...) don't work in X11/Gnome? Any hints on debugging this? /Chris Andrew

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Robert Noland
have any hints on why a keyboard (that i'm currently writing on...) don't work in X11/Gnome? Any hints on debugging this? /Chris Andrew -- Robert Noland rnol...@freebsd.org FreeBSD signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher Arnold
device AT Keyboard (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (The at part makes sense, i only have USB on this machine) So i guess this is the problem and that a rebuild of gnome/X11 did not help. It seems fairly close to the issues with hald/xorg.conf that we saw the last time upgrading

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher Arnold
failed (8) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (The at part makes sense, i only have USB on this machine) So i guess this is the problem and that a rebuild of gnome/X11 did not help. It seems fairly close to the issues with hald/xorg.conf

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Robert Noland
: Adding input device USB Receiver (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (The at part makes sense, i only have USB on this machine) So i guess this is the problem and that a rebuild

Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-13 Thread Christopher Arnold
Hi, i'm currently debugging why my keyboard is not working in gnome, so i thought i might throw out a quick question here if someone else have run into this? Details: Im running 7.1-STABLE. It's a logitech wireless keyboard and mouse (connected with USB) that have been woriking

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I have things under control. the only problem I was having was the switching. That is taken care of by using Option XkbOption grp:alt_shift_toggle That allows to switch back and forth. Check your keyboard and verify the keys next to the rtShift, rtEnter keys: to the left

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
me the fr_CA keyboard, it also uses French messages which are a bit tortured (French courtly affectations in the language are quaint but also make for long and convoluted terminology - notice that a text translated to French is always longer). K.I.S.S. Keyboard settings shouldn't

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread Boris Samorodov
) and kbdcontrol(1). 2. the keymap is commented out because, although it gives me the fr_CA keyboard, it also uses French messages which are a bit tortured (French courtly affectations in the language are quaint but also make for long and convoluted terminology - notice that a text translated

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
the EXAMPLES sections in vidcontrol(1) and kbdcontrol(1). 2. the keymap is commented out because, although it gives me the fr_CA keyboard, it also uses French messages which are a bit tortured (French courtly affectations in the language are quaint but also make for long

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us canadian multi. But the ca(multi) setting does not work either alone or with the us for switching. The accent keys are dead

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us canadian multi. But the ca(multi) setting does not work either alone or with the us for switching

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Friday 01 May 2009 16:41:52 PJ wrote: Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us canadian multi. But the ca(multi) setting does not work

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us canadian multi. But the ca(multi) setting does not work either alone or with the us for switching

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Fri, 01 May 2009 11:34:19 -0400 PJ wrote: Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us canadian multi. But the ca(multi) setting does

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread Frank Shute
applications you use. I use vim LaTeX. In vim I can get digraphs for email etc. :help dig For hardcopy I use LaTeX for some Finnish and, for example, umlauts are \{o} etc. So basically I don't need a foreign keyboard because my applications sort that out for me. I'd recommend using applications

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
. To some extent it depends what applications you use. I use vim LaTeX. In vim I can get digraphs for email etc. :help dig For hardcopy I use LaTeX for some Finnish and, for example, umlauts are \{o} etc. So basically I don't need a foreign keyboard because my applications sort that out

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Fri, 01 May 2009 11:34:19 -0400 PJ wrote: Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us canadian multi

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching - SOLVED

2009-05-01 Thread PJ
Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Friday 01 May 2009 16:41:52 PJ wrote: Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Friday 01 May 2009 15:57:35 PJ wrote: The physical keyboard is a Compaq, identical layout of the Logitech I am using on this XP. This one is set to switch beween us canadian multi

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-05-01 Thread Tijl Coosemans
AllowEmptyInput off So you don't want to use hal... You might have to add this line to the ServerLayout section: Option AutoAddDevices off Then hal won't interfere with keyboard or mouse. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching - SOLVED

2009-05-01 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Friday 01 May 2009 19:37:52 PJ wrote: Tijl Coosemans wrote: Have you tried running setxkbmap ca multi? Now, here's the weird stuff - ca multi works in Firefox... but not in xterm so, the keyboard has to be set from fluxbox... works fine in Inkscape, gnucash, abacus, so the real problem

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-30 Thread Boris Samorodov
entries? The /usr/share/syscons/fonts/ entry has suffixes of .fnt - ??? Your font and keymap settings are ok. The extensions can be omitted. See the EXAMPLES sections in vidcontrol(1) and kbdcontrol(1). 2. the keymap is commented out because, although it gives me the fr_CA keyboard, it also

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-30 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Wednesday 29 April 2009 22:04:34 PJ wrote: Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2009 15:20:34 PJ wrote: xorg.conf: (snip for relevant) Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard Option

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-29 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Wednesday 29 April 2009 00:14:53 PJ wrote: Oh, well, another day lost... but, I guess it's better to limp than not to walk at all. :-\ I think it would help if you posted your /etc/rc.conf and /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Those are the two files that need to change.

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-29 Thread PJ
mysql_enable=YES webmin_enable=YES #keymap=fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd Question: 1. the font entries? The /usr/share/syscons/fonts/ entry has suffixes of .fnt - ??? 2. the keymap is commented out because, although it gives me the fr_CA keyboard, it also uses French messages which are a bit tortured (French courtly

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-29 Thread Tijl Coosemans
settings are ok. The extensions can be omitted. See the EXAMPLES sections in vidcontrol(1) and kbdcontrol(1). 2. the keymap is commented out because, although it gives me the fr_CA keyboard, it also uses French messages which are a bit tortured (French courtly affectations in the language

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-29 Thread PJ
- ??? Your font and keymap settings are ok. The extensions can be omitted. See the EXAMPLES sections in vidcontrol(1) and kbdcontrol(1). 2. the keymap is commented out because, although it gives me the fr_CA keyboard, it also uses French messages which are a bit tortured (French courtly

French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread PJ
I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur on the Québecois (or Quebeckers) or are we being neglected and still considered The White Niggers of America

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread Daniel Bye
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: Anyway, everything I have tried does not work on FreeBSD or on xorg. What have you tried already? Are you using hald to autoconfigure Xorg, or are you still using the static xorg.conf file? Dan -- Daniel Bye

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread PJ
Daniel Bye wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: Anyway, everything I have tried does not work on FreeBSD or on xorg. What have you tried already? Are you using hald to autoconfigure Xorg, or are you still using the static xorg.conf file? Dan I rather

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread Michael Powell
PJ wrote: I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur on the Québecois (or Quebeckers) or are we being neglected and still considered The White Niggers

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread Frank Shute
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur on the Québecois (or Quebeckers) or are we being

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread PJ
Frank Shute wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur on the Québecois (or Quebeckers

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread PJ
Michael Powell wrote: PJ wrote: I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur on the Québecois (or Quebeckers) or are we being neglected and still

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: Frank Shute wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur

X windows manager for French-Canadian keyboard

2009-04-28 Thread PJ
Would anyone know of a simple windows manager that supports French-Canadian keyboard? Using fr_CA keymapping - fluxbox is very simple and very nice, but does not support the fr_CA stuff. This is evident from error messages output when shutting it down. :-( So, I have to find one that does. Thanks

Re: French-Canadian Keyboard keyboard switching

2009-04-28 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: Frank Shute wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur

Disabling touchpad on USB keyboard

2009-04-16 Thread Chris
Hi, I have a Lenovo USB keyboard with trackpoint and touchpad (UltraNav), but I really want to get rid of the touchpad as it just gets in my way. But I can't find a way to do this in FreeBSD (using 7.0-RELEASE). I've seen the question asked in a couple of places but I've found no answer so I

Re: firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

2009-04-09 Thread O. Hartmann
Jeff Laine wrote: On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:42:56PM +, O. Hartmann wrote: Hello, got a problem since yesterday after having done a lot of updates (ports): on all of my FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 boxes firefox does have enormous high latencies when typing in or moving the mouse or popping

Re: firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

2009-04-09 Thread O. Hartmann
Tim Kientzle wrote: I saw something similar recently due to a mismatch between hald and the xorg server. In my case, it affected all applications, not just firefox. * Are you running hald? hald is not running by default. * Do you have AllowEmptyInput set in /etc/X11/xorg.conf? It is

Re: firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

2009-04-09 Thread Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
Hello, try to login on xdm using secure or xterm option if not possible, shutdown xdm (in etc/ttys) make sure X is not running and at the console (vga) type xinit it will start a small window with noting but xterm start a window manager (twm) in the window, type firefox... and see if it

firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

2009-04-08 Thread O. Hartmann
Hello, got a problem since yesterday after having done a lot of updates (ports): on all of my FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 boxes firefox does have enormous high latencies when typing in or moving the mouse or popping up the window icon or down. Since this happens on all of 8.0-CUR/amd boxes, I

Re: firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

2009-04-08 Thread Jeff Laine
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:42:56PM +, O. Hartmann wrote: Hello, got a problem since yesterday after having done a lot of updates (ports): on all of my FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 boxes firefox does have enormous high latencies when typing in or moving the mouse or popping up the window

Re: firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

2009-04-08 Thread Tim Kientzle
I saw something similar recently due to a mismatch between hald and the xorg server. In my case, it affected all applications, not just firefox. * Are you running hald? * Do you have AllowEmptyInput set in /etc/X11/xorg.conf? * Are you starting xdm, kdm, or gdm from /etc/ttys? Tim O. Hartmann

keyboard and USE mouse have no response in X

2009-04-05 Thread makefile
My computer is Thinkpad R61i 7732BGC.My system is FreeBSD-7.2-BETA1. Everything was fine in the console.Both the keyboard and USB mouse can not work in the X.I don't know why. But the USE mouse still can not work in the X. I say my keyboard can not work,because I can not use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

Keyboard adaptor PS/2 - USB to use with FreeBSD

2009-03-13 Thread Polytropon
Dear list, in the future I'm going to use a device which doesn't have any PS/2 sockets anymore to attach keyboard and / or mouse. This device is equipped with USB ports only. (Yes, you guessed it, it will be some kind of Netbook that needs some ordinary physical user interface - CRT, keyboard

Re: Keyboard adaptor PS/2 - USB to use with FreeBSD

2009-03-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I'm aware of the fact that there are adaptors (adapters?) do plug a standard PS/2 keyboard (and mouse) into an USB port. Do I have to pay attention to get a specific device or are they that simple (wired) that any will do? I don't know about the others, but the adapter delivered by Dell

Determining scancodes for obscure keyboard to modify keymap

2009-02-24 Thread carnage
I'm wondering how to go about determining the scancodes for keys on keypress. I am looking to remap an apple usb keyboard (a1048). It has F13-16, 3 volume control keys and an eject key but no scroll lock, num lock, pause/break, etc. I'm wondering how I would go about changing some

Re: Determining scancodes for obscure keyboard to modify keymap

2009-02-24 Thread Patrick Lamaizière
Le Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:28:54 -0700, carnage carnagewash...@gmail.com: I'm wondering how to go about determining the scancodes for keys on keypress. I am looking to remap an apple usb keyboard (a1048). It has F13-16, 3 volume control keys and an eject key but no scroll lock, num lock

Re: Determining scancodes for obscure keyboard to modify keymap

2009-02-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 02:28:54PM -0700, carnage wrote: I'm wondering how to go about determining the scancodes for keys on keypress. Try xev(1). Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much

Re: Determining scancodes for obscure keyboard to modify keymap

2009-02-24 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009, Patrick Lamaizi?re wrote: Le Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:28:54 -0700, carnage carnagewash...@gmail.com: I'm wondering how to go about determining the scancodes for keys on keypress. I am looking to remap an apple usb keyboard (a1048). It has F13-16, 3 volume control keys

Re: Determining scancodes for obscure keyboard to modify keymap

2009-02-24 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:28:54 -0700, carnage carnagewash...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking to remap an apple usb keyboard (a1048). It has F13-16, 3 volume control keys and an eject key but no scroll lock, num lock, pause/break, etc. I'm wondering how I would go about changing some

Re: Determining scancodes for obscure keyboard to modify keymap

2009-02-24 Thread Michel Talon
with keycodes. Xev will be of absolutely no help for remapping if it doesn't see the key at all, which frequently occurs with exotic keys. As Patrick said, you need to dig into the OS keyboard driver to solve the problem when working on the console. On Linux it is easier there are commands to detect

Re: Localized keyboard under Xorg 7.4...

2009-02-11 Thread Peter Harrison
). The one I'm having real difficulty with at the moment is using a UK keyboard layout. Previously I had this line in my xorg.conf under the Keyboard InputDevice section: Option XkbLayout gb This doesn't work any more, so I followed the advice in this post: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi

Localized keyboard under Xorg 7.4...

2009-02-10 Thread Peter Harrison
So I've run the Xorg update. I've come across a number of problems (the biggest of which was needed to rebuilt xfce and losing all my settings). The one I'm having real difficulty with at the moment is using a UK keyboard layout. Previously I had this line in my xorg.conf under the Keyboard

Re: Localized keyboard under Xorg 7.4...

2009-02-10 Thread Matt
keyboard layout. Previously I had this line in my xorg.conf under the Keyboard InputDevice section: Option XkbLayout gb This doesn't work any more, so I followed the advice in this post: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=140908+0+archive/2009/freebsd-questions/20090208

Re: xorg 7.4 keyboard localisation (xorg.conf vs hal)

2009-02-02 Thread Sebastien Chassot
On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 14:10 -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote: This seems to have a way to enable HAL to detect a keyboard and export it to X, but what about mice? My Xorg log tells me that it is ignoring my USB mouse in addition to ignoring my keyboard, so what sort of HAL file do I add to enable

xorg 7.4 keyboard localisation (xorg.conf vs hal)

2009-02-01 Thread Sebastien Chassot
Hi, I've upgrade to xorg7.4 and apparently keyboard and mouse are now working with hald. In xorg.conf changing old keybord config as no effect and I can't find how change it with hal. I've got /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/* but no *keymap* and I don't know how build such a file. Thank you

Re: xorg 7.4 keyboard localisation (xorg.conf vs hal)

2009-02-01 Thread Daniel Bye
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 05:42:39PM +0100, Sebastien Chassot wrote: Hi, I've upgrade to xorg7.4 and apparently keyboard and mouse are now working with hald. In xorg.conf changing old keybord config as no effect and I can't find how change it with hal. I've got /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi

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