New Xorg - different key-codes

[Michael Gmelin]

> On 11. Mar 2020, at 22:58, Bob Willcox <bob at immure.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 02:48:56PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote:
>> ???
>>>> On 11. Mar 2020, at 10:29, Mark Martinec
>>>> <Mark.Martinec+freebsd at ijs.si> wrote:
>>> ???
>>>> 
>>>>> I just updated my laptop from source, and somewhere along the way
>>>>> the key-codes Xorg sees changed.
>>>> Indeed.  This doesn't just affect -CURRENT: it happened to me on
>>>> -STABLE last week, so I'm copying that list too.
>>> 
>>> And a "Down" key now opens and closes a KDE "Application Launcher",
>>> alternatively with its original function (which makes editing a
>>> frustration).
>>> 
>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=244354
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> This *might* help you:
>> 
>> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2020-February/025046.html
>> 
>> (Short version: run setxkbmap in ~/.xinitrc, e.g.,
>> setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout de)
> 
> Will running that command return my key mappings back to what they use to be?
> 

It might fix the “Down key opens application launcher” problem by applying the correct keymap (you have to select the correct one, “de” probably won’t cut it for you). At least it did with xfce, where it was important to run it before the wm starts - you could also try running it afterwards to see if it makes a difference.

Best,
Michael