Xorg and PS/2 keyboard

YuryG · May 11, 2020

After some upgrade (from ports) I've got a not working PS/2 keyboard in Xorg (MATE version of using it). Totally. But mouse is working.
I am on FreeBSD-11 STABLE (11.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 11.4-PRERELEASE #1 r360618) and have no EVDEV in kernel options.
(More than that, after trying to rebuild ports I've got localisation in MATE which I do not want at all (and even do not know where to switch it)! - but that's not the point, after rebuilding xorg-server with UDEV wrong localisation disappeared.)
I've tried xorg-server with DEVD, and with UDEV without luck (but with different output in Xorg.0.log).
I even put XKB_DEFAULT_RULES=xorg in ~.xinitrc.
At first with DEVD xorg-server I get this in the log:

Code:

X.Org X Server 1.20.8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[  2453.534] Build Operating System: FreeBSD 11.4-PRERELEASE amd64 
[  2453.534] Current Operating System: FreeBSD 94.180.119.80 11.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 11.4-PRERELEASE #1 r360618: Mon May  4 23:43:14 +07 2020     yury@94.180.119.80:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GJA822M amd64
[  2453.534] Build Date: 12 May 2020  04:01:07AM
[  2453.534]  
[  2453.534] Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
[  2453.534]     Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[  2453.534] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[  2453.535] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue May 12 04:13:22 2020
[  2453.535] (==) Using config directory: "/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[  2453.535] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[  2453.536] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[  2453.536] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[  2453.536] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[  2453.536] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[  2453.536] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
[  2453.536] (**) Option "StandbyTime" "800"
[  2453.536] (**) Option "SuspendTime" "1100"
[  2453.536] (**) Option "OffTime" "1800"
[  2453.536] (==) Automatically adding devices
[  2453.536] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[  2453.536] (==) Not automatically adding GPU devices
[  2453.536] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[  2453.538] (**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/asana,
    /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/cronos,
...
[  2453.538] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
[  2453.538] (II) The server relies on devd to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure devd or disable AutoAddDevices.
[  2453.538] (II) Loader magic: 0x828e30
[  2453.538] (II) Module ABI versions:
[  2453.538]     X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[  2453.538]     X.Org Video Driver: 24.1
[  2453.538]     X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[  2453.538]     X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[  2453.538] (--) PCI:*(1@0:5:0) 1002:9616:1043:8388 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfe9f0000/65536, 0xfe800000/1048576, I/O @ 0x0000c000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/65536
[  2453.538] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[  2453.538] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[  2453.539] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[  2453.542] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2453.542]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.0.0
[  2453.542]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[  2453.542] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[  2453.542] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[  2453.542] (==) Matched scfb as autoconfigured driver 2
[  2453.542] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[  2453.542] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[  2453.542] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[  2453.542] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[  2453.542] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2453.542]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 19.1.0
[  2453.542]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  2453.543]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  2453.543] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[  2453.543] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[  2453.544] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2453.544]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 19.1.0
[  2453.544]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  2453.544]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  2453.544] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[  2453.544] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[  2453.545] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2453.545]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.20.8
[  2453.545]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  2453.545]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  2453.545] (II) LoadModule: "scfb"
[  2453.545] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/scfb_drv.so
[  2453.545] (II) Module scfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2453.545]     compiled for 1.20.7, module version = 0.0.5
[  2453.545]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  2453.545] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[  2453.545] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[  2453.545] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2453.545]     compiled for 1.20.7, module version = 2.4.0
[  2453.545]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  2453.545]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
...
[  2453.550] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[  2453.550] (II) scfb: driver for wsdisplay framebuffer: scfb
[  2453.550] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[  2453.550] (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
[  2453.550] (--) using VT number 9

[  2453.554] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[  2453.554] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[  2453.554] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for scfb
[  2453.554] scfb trace: probe start
[  2453.554] scfb trace: probe done
[  2453.554] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[  2453.554] (II) RADEON(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
    "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[  2453.554] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[  2453.555] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[  2453.555] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[  2453.555] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888
[  2453.555] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
[  2453.555] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics" (ChipID = 0x9616)
[  2453.555] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[  2453.555] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[  2453.555] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[  2453.556] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2453.556]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.0.0
[  2453.556]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[  2453.556] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[  2453.556] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[  2453.556] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[  2454.076] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[  2454.076] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[  2454.076] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[  2454.130] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2454.130]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.0.1
[  2454.130]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[  2454.145] (II) RADEON(0): glamor X acceleration enabled on AMD RS780 (DRM 2.49.0 / 11.4-PRERELEASE, LLVM 8.0.1)
[  2454.145] (II) RADEON(0): glamor detected, initialising EGL layer.
[  2454.145] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Color Tiling: enabled
[  2454.145] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Color Tiling 2D: enabled
[  2454.145] (==) RADEON(0): TearFree property default: auto
[  2454.145] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Pageflipping: enabled
...
[  2454.853] (II) config/devd: probing input devices...
[  2454.853] (WW) config/devd: console keyboard is already added, ignoring /dev/atkbd0
[  2454.854] (II) config/devd: detected mouse: hwid=0000, model=0000, type=0000, iftype=0004, buttons=10
[  2454.854] (II) config/devd: adding input device /dev/sysmouse
[  2454.854] (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
[  2454.854] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
[  2454.855] (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  2454.855]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.9.3
[  2454.855]     Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[  2454.855]     ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[  2454.855] (II) Using input driver 'mouse' for 'sysmouse'
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: always reports core events
[  2454.855] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
[  2454.855] (==) sysmouse: Protocol: "Auto"
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: always reports core events
[  2454.855] (==) sysmouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: Buttons: 5
[  2454.855] (**) Option "config_info" "devd:/dev/sysmouse"
[  2454.855] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "sysmouse" (type: MOUSE, id 6)
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[  2454.855] (**) sysmouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[  2454.855] (II) sysmouse: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4, hw.model is 0
[  2454.855] (II) sysmouse: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse
[  2454.855] (WW) config/devd: device /dev/ums0 already opened
...
[  2524.833] (II) config/devd: terminating backend...
[  2524.837] (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
[  2524.860] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

And with UDEV I get:

Code:

[  3854.834] 
X.Org X Server 1.20.8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[  3854.834] Build Operating System: FreeBSD 11.4-PRERELEASE amd64 
[  3854.834] Current Operating System: FreeBSD 94.180.119.80 11.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 11.4-PRERELEASE #1 r360618: Mon May  4 23:43:14 +07 2020     yury@94.180.119.80:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GJA822M amd64
[  3854.834] Build Date: 12 May 2020  04:34:22AM
[  3854.834]  
[  3854.834] Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
[  3854.835]     Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[  3854.835] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[  3854.835] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue May 12 04:36:43 2020
[  3854.835] (==) Using config directory: "/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[  3854.835] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[  3854.836] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[  3854.836] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[  3854.836] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[  3854.836] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[  3854.837] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
[  3854.837] (**) Option "StandbyTime" "800"
[  3854.837] (**) Option "SuspendTime" "1100"
[  3854.837] (**) Option "OffTime" "1800"
[  3854.837] (==) Automatically adding devices
[  3854.837] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[  3854.837] (==) Not automatically adding GPU devices
[  3854.837] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[  3854.839] (**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/asana,
...
[  3854.839] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
[  3854.839] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[  3854.839] (II) Loader magic: 0x827d30
[  3854.839] (II) Module ABI versions:
[  3854.839]     X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[  3854.839]     X.Org Video Driver: 24.1
[  3854.839]     X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[  3854.839]     X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[  3854.839] (--) PCI:*(1@0:5:0) 1002:9616:1043:8388 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfe9f0000/65536, 0xfe800000/1048576, I/O @ 0x0000c000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/65536
[  3854.839] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[  3854.839] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[  3854.839] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[  3854.843] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3854.843]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.0.0
[  3854.843]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[  3854.843] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[  3854.843] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[  3854.843] (==) Matched scfb as autoconfigured driver 2
[  3854.843] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[  3854.843] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[  3854.843] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[  3854.843] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[  3854.843] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3854.843]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 19.1.0
[  3854.843]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  3854.843]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  3854.844] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[  3854.844] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[  3854.845] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3854.845]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 19.1.0
[  3854.845]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  3854.845]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  3854.845] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[  3854.845] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[  3854.846] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3854.846]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.20.8
[  3854.846]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  3854.846]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  3854.846] (II) LoadModule: "scfb"
[  3854.846] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/scfb_drv.so
[  3854.846] (II) Module scfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3854.846]     compiled for 1.20.7, module version = 0.0.5
[  3854.846]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[  3854.846] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[  3854.846] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[  3854.846] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3854.846]     compiled for 1.20.7, module version = 2.4.0
[  3854.846]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  3854.846]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
...
[  3854.851] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[  3854.851] (II) scfb: driver for wsdisplay framebuffer: scfb
[  3854.851] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[  3854.851] (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
[  3854.851] (--) using VT number 9

[  3854.856] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[  3854.856] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[  3854.856] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for scfb
[  3854.856] scfb trace: probe start
[  3854.856] scfb trace: probe done
[  3854.856] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[  3854.856] (II) RADEON(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
    "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[  3854.856] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[  3854.856] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[  3854.856] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[  3854.856] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888
[  3854.856] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
[  3854.856] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics" (ChipID = 0x9616)
[  3854.857] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[  3854.857] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[  3854.857] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[  3854.858] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3854.858]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.0.0
[  3854.858]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[  3854.858] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[  3854.858] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[  3854.858] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[  3855.432] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[  3855.432] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[  3855.433] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[  3855.493] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3855.493]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.0.1
[  3855.493]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[  3855.508] (II) RADEON(0): glamor X acceleration enabled on AMD RS780 (DRM 2.49.0 / 11.4-PRERELEASE, LLVM 8.0.1)
...
[  3855.689] (II) RADEON(0): Setting screen physical size to 270 x 203
[  3856.264] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Keyboard (/dev/atkbd0)
[  3856.264] (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
[  3856.265] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
[  3856.265] (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3856.265]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.9.0
[  3856.265]     Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[  3856.265]     ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[  3856.265] (II) Using input driver 'kbd' for 'AT Keyboard'
[  3856.265] (**) AT Keyboard: always reports core events
[  3856.265] (**) AT Keyboard: always reports core events
[  3856.265] (**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
[  3856.265] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/atkbd0"
[  3856.265] (EE) AT Keyboard: cannot open "/dev/atkbd0"
[  3856.265] (EE) PreInit returned 8 for "AT Keyboard"
[  3856.265] (II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
[  3856.265] (II) config/udev: Adding input device System mouse (/dev/sysmouse)
[  3856.265] (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
[  3856.265] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
[  3856.266] (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  3856.266]     compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 1.9.3
[  3856.266]     Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[  3856.266]     ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[  3856.266] (II) Using input driver 'mouse' for 'System mouse'
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: always reports core events
[  3856.266] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
[  3856.266] (==) System mouse: Protocol: "Auto"
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: always reports core events
[  3856.266] (==) System mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: Buttons: 5
[  3856.266] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/dev/sysmouse"
[  3856.266] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "System mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 6)
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[  3856.266] (**) System mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[  3856.266] (II) System mouse: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4, hw.model is 0
[  3856.266] (II) System mouse: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse
[  3856.266] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Optical Mouse (/dev/ums0)
[  3856.266] (II) Using input driver 'mouse' for 'Logitech USB Optical Mouse'
[  3856.266] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
[  3856.266] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/ums0"
[  3856.266] (==) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Protocol: "Auto"
[  3856.266] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
[  3856.266] (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/ums0
    Device busy.
[  3856.266] (EE) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: cannot open input device
[  3856.266] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "Logitech USB Optical Mouse"
[  3856.266] (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
...
[  3890.430] (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
[  3890.451] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

USB mouse works smoothly either way, but my keyboard is totally unworking, even NUM-lock led does not turn on.
I am devastated. Please, some help needed.

YuryG · May 12, 2020

Well, I had inserted EVDEV_SUPPORT in kernel, now I've got keyboard in Xorg after rebuilding kernel and world. (I do not see rebuilding all with different kernel options to be a solution.)
But now I do not have 105-keys, but only 104-keys keyboard. "Menu" key became silent.
Why is that?

YuryG · May 12, 2020

Now I have the problem with the 105th key. In my case it is a "MENU" key, it is not working (no reaction on pressing it). When I issue setxkbmap -print I get this:

Code:

xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"    };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"    };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"    };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"    };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"    };
};

, and setxkbmap -geometry "pc(pc105)" doesn't change a thing. If I understand that I can issue it from a terminal window under MATE.
Also I've tried to add this Xorg.conf file:

Code:

Section    "InputClass"
    Identifier    "All Keyboards"
#    Driver        "keyboard"
    MatchIsKeyboard    "yes"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us, ru"
    Option        "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbGeometry" "pc(pc105)"
EndSection

It is loaded in Xorg without error messages in Xogr.0.log, but also without luck.

YuryG · May 15, 2020

Also probed

Code:

#XKB_DEFAULT_RULES=xorg
#env XKB_DEFAULT_RULES=xorg

in ~/.xinitrc, also without luck.

T-Daemon · May 15, 2020

YuryG said:
In my case it is a "MENU" key, it is not working (no reaction on pressing it).

What does xev -event keyboard <press “MENU” key> print? Please post output.

YuryG · May 15, 2020

T-Daemon said:
What does xev -event keyboard <press “MENU” key> print? Please post output.

Code:

> xev -event keyboard
Outer window is 0x3800001, inner window is 0x3800002

KeymapNotify event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  

KeyPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
    root 0x6b1, subw 0x0, time 1364699, (502,306), root:(506,355),
    state 0x10, keycode 147 (keysym 0x1008ff65, XF86MenuKB), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
    root 0x6b1, subw 0x0, time 1364775, (502,306), root:(506,355),
    state 0x10, keycode 147 (keysym 0x1008ff65, XF86MenuKB), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

So, the key is definitely working by itself. )

T-Daemon · May 16, 2020

Good, there is a response from the key ( just to make sure ). After you have set Option "XkbModel" "pc105" have you checked the layout? Please post output of setxkbmap -print -verbose 10.

Which brand and model is the keyboard?

Have you had bind a keyboard shortcut to the Menu key? If you had, check that also in MATE’s keyboard configuration.

Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" has no effect here, there are no dead key variants for us and ru ( /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst ../evdev.lst ../xorg.lst )

YuryG · May 16, 2020

T-Daemon said:
Good, there is a response from the key ( just to make sure ). After you have set Option "XkbModel" "pc105" have you checked the layout? Please post output of setxkbmap -print -verbose 10.

Thank you for the answer.
Yes, after addition of Option "XkbModel" "pc105" I even rebooted, not only restarted Xorg. (I changed locale again.)

Code:

$  setxkbmap -print -verbose 10.
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      geniuscomfy
layout:     us,ru
variant:    ,
options:    terminate:ctrl
_alt_bksp,grp:lwin_toggle,grp:rwin_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)
geometry:   pc(pc104)
xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"    };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"    };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"    };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"    };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"    };
};
$ locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Which brand and model is the keyboard?

It is a basic Genius PS/2 model for the Russian market, on the back side of it "K627" is written. No additional "multimedia" etc. keys, only "power", "sleep" and "wake" that I do not use.

Have you had bind a keyboard shortcut to the Menu key? If you had, check that also in MATE’s keyboard configuration.

No, for the Layout change I use Win (left or right), and for Compose I use standard RightShift+RightAlt. In MATE's ...->Keyboard...->Layouts->Show every key is shown highlighted when pressed but Menu. And the keyboard picture attached is quite right for my case.

Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" has no effect here, there are no dead key variants for us and ru ( /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst ../evdev.lst ../xorg.lst )

Thank you, deleted this line.

tingo · May 16, 2020

T-Daemon said:
Good, there is a response from the key ( just to make sure ). After you have set Option "XkbModel" "pc105" have you checked the layout? Please post output of setxkbmap -print -verbose 10.

That is useful - thanks!

T-Daemon · May 17, 2020

tingo said:
T-Daemon said:

Good, there is a response from the key ( just to make sure ). After you have set Option "XkbModel" "pc105" have you checked the layout? Please post output of setxkbmap -print -verbose 10.

Click to expand...

That is useful - thanks!

Got it from the archlinux wiki. Their documentations are quite comprehensive. I often search there for certain problems on FreeBSD ( none OS related ).

T-Daemon · May 17, 2020

There are a few Genius models listed in the xkeyboard-config(7) manual ( package responsible for auto-configuration and creating xkeyboard layouts ). You could try them, e.g.: setxkbmap -model genius ( or geniuscomfy2, geniuskb19e, geniusskkb2050hs ). Every time after executing the command and pressing the Menu key also check the layout with setxkbmap -print -verbose 10. Apropos the Genius K627 is a 104 key keyboard:

KEYBOARD K627 GENIUS | eBay

GOOD WORKING CONDITION.

www.ebay.com

Setting Option "XkbModel" "pc105" won’t have a effect. Models with lesser keys ( pc102, pc101 ) should work.

YuryG · May 17, 2020

T-Daemon said:
There are a few Genius models listed in the xkeyboard-config(7) manual ( package responsible for auto-configuration and creating xkeyboard layouts ). You could try them, e.g.: setxkbmap -model genius ( or geniuscomfy2, geniuskb19e, geniusskkb2050hs ). Every time after executing the command and pressing the Menu key also check the layout with setxkbmap -print -verbose 10. Apropos the Genius K627 is a 104 key keyboard:

KEYBOARD K627 GENIUS | eBay

GOOD WORKING CONDITION.

www.ebay.com

Setting Option "XkbModel" "pc105" won’t have a effect. Models with lesser keys ( pc102, pc101 ) should work.

Oh, really, haven't an idea to count keys. ) Just added the one I do have not working to written by setxkbmap. Occurs they are 104 in number. It's my keyboard model on Ebay, and the image is the same as on a previously attached by me picture from MATE.

No luck changing -model (among Geniuses at least). Just the same, but models change.

Code:

$ setxkbmap -model genius
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      genius
layout:     us,ru
variant:    ,
options:    terminate:ctrl
_alt_bksp,grp:lwin_toggle,grp:rwin_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)
geometry:   pc(pc104)
xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"    };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"    };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"    };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"    };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"    };
};
$ setxkbmap -model geniuscomfy2
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      geniuscomfy2
layout:     us,ru
variant:    ,
options:    terminate:ctrl
_alt_bksp,grp:lwin_toggle,grp:rwin_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)
geometry:   pc(pc104)
xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"    };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"    };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"    };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"    };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"    };
};
$ setxkbmap -model geniuskb19e
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      geniuskb19e
layout:     us,ru
variant:    ,
options:    terminate:ctrl
_alt_bksp,grp:lwin_toggle,grp:rwin_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)
geometry:   pc(pc104)
xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"    };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"    };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"    };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"    };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"    };
};
$ setxkbmap -model geniusskkb2050hs
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      geniusskkb2050hs
layout:     us,ru
variant:    ,
options:    terminate:ctrl
_alt_bksp,grp:lwin_toggle,grp:rwin_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)
geometry:   pc(pc104)
xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"    };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"    };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"    };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+group(lwin_toggle)+group(rwin_toggle)+level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"    };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"    };
};

May be some wrong association happen to that key? But there's no notion of this in options output.

T-Daemon · May 18, 2020

Please execute from a X terminal

xkbcomp $DISPLAY keymap.xkb

run

cat keymap.xkb | grep -i menu

The first of the printed lines should be <MENU> = <key code number> , does the key code correspond with the xev(1) output of 147. If it doesn’t, change the line to <MENU> = 147;

For testing the modified keymap layout execute:

xkbcomp keymap.xkb $DISPLAY

Check MENU key, report back.

YuryG · May 18, 2020

T-Daemon said:
Please execute from a X terminal

xkbcomp $DISPLAY keymap.xkb

run

cat keymap.xkb | grep -i menu

The first of the printed lines should be <MENU> = <key code number> , does the key code correspond with the xev(1) output of 147. If it doesn’t, change the line to <MENU> = 147;

For testing the modified keymap layout execute:

xkbcomp keymap.xkb $DISPLAY

Check MENU key, report back.

Code:

$ xkbcomp $DISPLAY keymap.xkb
$ cat keymap.xkb | grep -i menu
    alias <MENU> = <COMP>;
    key <COMP> {         [            Menu ] };
    key <I147> {         [      XF86MenuKB ] };
                { <MENU>, "SMOD",   1, color="grey20" },

I get this. Not sure, if I have to alter keymap.xkb.
And earlier in the file <COMP> = 135, <I147> = 147.

T-Daemon · May 18, 2020

Change in keymap.xkb, line
<I147> = 147; to <MENU> = 147;

key <I147> { [ XF86MenuKB ] };
to
key <MENU> { [ XF86MenuKB ] };

run
xkbcomp keymap.xkb $DISPLAY

test MENU key.

If the key remains silent, post keymap.xkb as attachment.

YuryG · May 18, 2020

T-Daemon said:
Change in keymap.xkb, line
<I147> = 147; to <MENU> = 147;

key <I147> { [ XF86MenuKB ] };
to
key <MENU> { [ XF86MenuKB ] };

run
xkbcomp keymap.xkb $DISPLAY

test MENU key.

If the key remains silent, post keymap.xkb as attachment.

Changed as you suggested.

Code:

$ xkbcomp keymap.xkb $DISPLAY
Warning:          Attempt to create alias with the name of a real key
                  Alias "<MENU> = <COMP>" ignored
Warning:          No symbols defined for <AB11> (keycode 97)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <JPCM> (keycode 103)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I120> (keycode 120)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <AE13> (keycode 132)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I149> (keycode 149)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I154> (keycode 154)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I168> (keycode 168)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I178> (keycode 178)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I183> (keycode 183)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I184> (keycode 184)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <FK19> (keycode 197)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <FK24> (keycode 202)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I217> (keycode 217)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I219> (keycode 219)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I222> (keycode 222)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I230> (keycode 230)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I247> (keycode 247)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I248> (keycode 248)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I249> (keycode 249)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I250> (keycode 250)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I252> (keycode 252)
Warning:          No symbols defined for <I253> (keycode 253)
$ xkbcomp $DISPLAY keymap_new.xkb
$ cat keymap_new.xkb | grep -i menu
    <MENU> = 147;
    key <COMP> {         [            Menu ] };
    key <MENU> {         [      XF86MenuKB ] };
                { <MENU>, "SMOD",   1, color="grey20" },

Still no luck.

YuryG · May 18, 2020

But, if I swap [ Menu] and [ XF86MenuKB], the Menu key start working. (And deleted one alias line).
Although, I'm not sure if it is a correct solution. Since, it is not shown pressed in MATE's System->Preferences->Hardware->Keyboard->Layouts->Show... (All other keys, except PrtScr/SysRq are shown when pressed in other shade).

T-Daemon · May 19, 2020

YuryG said:
But, if I swap [ Menu] and [ XF86MenuKB], the Menu key start working.

Great. I have no MENU keyed keyboard, couldn’t verify.

YuryG said:
(And deleted one alias line).

You could try swapping MENU and COMP: alias <MENU> = <COMP>; to alias <COMP> = <MENU>; .

YuryG said:
Although, I'm not sure if it is a correct solution.

If it wasn’t correct it wouldn’t work. It might be a crude hack, but for a textbook solution one needs to dig into the documentations.

YuryG said:
Since, it is not shown pressed in MATE's System->Preferences->Hardware->Keyboard->Layouts->Show... (All other keys, except PrtScr/SysRq are shown when pressed in other shade).

It’s not essential for the key to work having MATE’s keyboard preferences not showing the key functionality visually. I wouldn’t be concerned about such a minor flaw, what important is, the key is working.

YuryG · May 21, 2020

T-Daemon said:
Great. I have no MENU keyed keyboard, couldn’t verify.

You could try swapping MENU and COMP: alias <MENU> = <COMP>; to alias <COMP> = <MENU>; .
...

Thank you.
And how should I make the changes permanent during reboots (restarts of Xorg?)?

T-Daemon · May 21, 2020

You can make it permanent as followed:

mv keymap.xkb .Xkeymap

~/.xinitrc

Code:

test -f ~/.Xkeymap && xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY

mate-session

YuryG · Jun 25, 2020

T-Daemon said:
You can make it permanent as followed:

mv keymap.xkb .Xkeymap

~/.xinitrc

Code:

test -f ~/.Xkeymap && xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY mate-session

For some reason this do not work and I have to execute the line manually every time. What could cause it? I even tried to put the line before and after MATE start command. Or may be I use ~/.xinitrc wrongly?

Code:

$ cat ~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh

#XKB_DEFAULT_RULES=xorg
#env XKB_DEFAULT_RULES=xorg

xset dpms 600 900 1800

test -f ~/.Xkeymap && xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY

exec /usr/local/bin/mate-session

xset dpms 600 900 1800

test -f ~/.Xkeymap && xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY

SirDice · Jun 25, 2020

YuryG said:
What could cause it?

Put your commands before the exec. The exec passes control to whatever is being executed, replacing the current process. In other words everything after the exec is never executed.

YuryG · Jun 25, 2020

SirDice said:
Put your commands before the exec. The exec passes control to whatever is being executed, replacing the current process. In other words everything after the exec is never executed.

Thank you, I thought so. But it did not work, so I tried to copy it after exec also.
Is there any $DISPLAY before Xorg server started, and how would xkbmap work then? So, I'm not sure that what I need could be accomplished via .xinirc, could it?

T-Daemon · Jun 25, 2020

YuryG said:
But it did not work, so I tried to copy it after exec also.

Try setting sleep(1):

Code:

sleep 5 && test -f ~/.Xkeymap && xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY &

Could you please check sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask. If the value of the variable is not 12 try setting as root sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=12 and try the MENU key again, without loading the keymap file.

YuryG · Jun 25, 2020

T-Daemon said:
Try setting sleep(1):

Code:

sleep 5 && test -f ~/.Xkeymap && xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY &

Could you please check sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask. If the value of the variable is not 12 try setting as root sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=12 and try the MENU key again, without loading the keymap file.

No, the value "12" do not help for that sysctl. So, I have to use the sleep trick with background processing then.

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