Laptop keyboard does not work

Sat Apr 20 22:56:04 PDT 2024

Hello, Michael,
Thank you for clarifying this. Actually, the value is 12 by default already
in the latest dfly release, 6.4.0.

 Is there somewhere official documentation on these rcpt mask values?

Best regards,
Martin

Michael Neumann <mneumann at ntecs.de> schrieb am So., 21. Apr. 2024, 08:15:

> On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 07:15:17AM +0300, Martin Ivanov wrote:
> > Hello, Michael,
> > thank you very much for your reply. Sorry for not replying to you
> earlier.
> > Actuall, yesterday we solved the problem in the irc chat. Pierre-Alain
> > TORET (daftaupe) told me to set kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=3. I now have this
> > added to /etc/sysctl.conf and my laptop keyboard works. No need for an
> > external USB keyboard any more.
>
> Glad to hear!
>
> > I am not sure if trying the master branch would make this configuration
> > unnecessary? So far everything works all right, I finally have a fully
> > working DragonflyBSD XFCE desktop.
>
> With the next version of DragonFly, the default will be
> kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=12.
>
> To explain, the rcpt_mask is a bit pattern:
>
> * 1: Enable Sysmouse protocol (psm via moused)
> * 2: Kbdmux (keyboard multiplexer)
> * 4: Hardware mouse (psm directly via evdev)
> * 8: Hardware keyboard (atkbd directly via evdev)
>
> So a value of 12 ("4 bit-or 8") means, that only the evdev events from
> the Hardware mouse and Hardware keyboard are passed through.
>
> The value 3 ("1 bit-or 2") means, you use sysmouse protocol and kbdmux.
>
> Another "common" value would be 6 ("2 bit-or 4"), which uses the
> keyboard multiplexer with the hardware mouse.
>
> Keep in mind that when you upgrade to the next version, you might have
> to tweak the rcpt_mask value and maybe your Xorg conf.
>
> Regards,
>
>   Michael
>
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Martin
> > On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 7:09???PM Michael Neumann <mneumann at ntecs.de>
> wrote:
> >
> > ???
> > ???
> > Michael Neumann, karu.pruun, users at dragonflybsd.org
> > Hello, Michael,
> > thank you very much for your reply. Sorry for not replying to you
> earlier.
> > Actuall, yesterday we solved the problem in the irc chat. Pierre-Alain
> > TORET (daftaupe) told me to set
> > On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 7:09???PM Michael Neumann <mneumann at ntecs.de>
> wrote:
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > My experience with evdev was that X11 does not recognize it as of 6.4, as
> > kern.features.evdev sysctl is missing. Still, your keyboard *should* work
> > without evdev - I really believe this is a configuration issue. Can you
> > please again attach the full xorg.conf file that you are currently using?
> > As Peeter mentioned,  you have a typo in your xorg.conf.
> >
> > As for evdev: Can you somehow try out the current HEAD revision from git?
> > You'd have to recompile the world and kernel :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > Am 20. April 2024 20:18:13 GMT+07:00 schrieb Martin Ivanov <
> > marto1980 at gmail.com>:
> > Hello, Peter,
> >
> > thank you very much for your reply. I did that, but the keyboard still
> > doesn't work.
> > So long as I see, the libinput and evdev drivers are loaded but that does
> > not help, unfortunately.
> > I am attaching my current xorg.conf as well as the Xorg.0. log file.
> >
> > Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 9:30???AM karu.pruun <karu.pruun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > The standard and preferred way now is to use the evdev input system.
> > This means you should use the libinput driver for both keyboard and
> > mouse. See the xorg.conf I attached to the previous email thread as an
> > example, it has both filled in with the libinput driver; you can just
> > copy them over into your xorg.conf. Also ensure you have the following
> > packages installed:
> >
> > - libinput
> > - xf86-input-libinput
> > - libevdev
> > - py39-evdev
> >
> > Note that you have a syntax error ("Keeyboard0" v "Keyboard0") in your
> > xorg.conf.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Peeter
> >
> > --
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 7:58???AM Martin Ivanov <marto1980 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > After I installing  Dragonflybsd 6.4.0, my laptop keyboard does not
> work
> > in X, I am using XFCE. dmesg recognizes my keyboard as:
> > >
> > > atkbdc0: Keyboard controller i8042 port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
> > > atkbd0: AT Keyboard irq 1 on atkbdc0
> > >
> > > In my xorg.conf, I have:
> > >
> > > Section "ServerLayout"
> > > InputDevice "Keeyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > > Driver "kbd"
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > >
> > > Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > >
> > Sans Serif
> > Send
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi Martin,
> > >
> > > My experience with evdev was that X11 does not recognize it as of 6.4,
> as
> > > kern.features.evdev sysctl is missing. Still, your keyboard *should*
> work
> > > without evdev - I really believe this is a configuration issue. Can you
> > > please again attach the full xorg.conf file that you are currently
> using?
> > > As Peeter mentioned,  you have a typo in your xorg.conf.
> > >
> > > As for evdev: Can you somehow try out the current HEAD revision from
> git?
> > > You'd have to recompile the world and kernel :)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > >
> > > Am 20. April 2024 20:18:13 GMT+07:00 schrieb Martin Ivanov <
> > > marto1980 at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > >> Hello, Peter,
> > >>
> > >> thank you very much for your reply. I did that, but the keyboard still
> > >> doesn't work.
> > >> So long as I see, the libinput and evdev drivers are loaded but that
> does
> > >> not help, unfortunately.
> > >> I am attaching my current xorg.conf as well as the Xorg.0. log file.
> > >>
> > >> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Best regards,
> > >> Martin
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 9:30???AM karu.pruun <karu.pruun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hello
> > >>>
> > >>> The standard and preferred way now is to use the evdev input system.
> > >>> This means you should use the libinput driver for both keyboard and
> > >>> mouse. See the xorg.conf I attached to the previous email thread as
> an
> > >>> example, it has both filled in with the libinput driver; you can just
> > >>> copy them over into your xorg.conf. Also ensure you have the
> following
> > >>> packages installed:
> > >>>
> > >>> - libinput
> > >>> - xf86-input-libinput
> > >>> - libevdev
> > >>> - py39-evdev
> > >>>
> > >>> Note that you have a syntax error ("Keeyboard0" v "Keyboard0") in
> your
> > >>> xorg.conf.
> > >>>
> > >>> Best
> > >>>
> > >>> Peeter
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 7:58???AM Martin Ivanov <marto1980 at gmail.com
> >
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Hello,
> > >>> > After I installing  Dragonflybsd 6.4.0, my laptop keyboard does not
> > >>> work in X, I am using XFCE. dmesg recognizes my keyboard as:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > atkbdc0: Keyboard controller i8042 port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
> > >>> > atkbd0: AT Keyboard irq 1 on atkbdc0
> > >>> >
> > >>> > In my xorg.conf, I have:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > >>> > InputDevice "Keeyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > >>> > EndSection
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Section "InputDevice"
> > >>> > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > >>> > Driver "kbd"
> > >>> > EndSection
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Best regards,
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Martin
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> > >>
>
> --
> Michael Neumann
> NTECS Consulting
> www.ntecs.de
>
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