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@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20200320: + AFFECTS: users of x11/libxkbcommon + AUTHOR: zeising@FreeBSD.org + + The libxkbcommon library (x11/libxkbcommon), used to handle keyboards + in some applications, most notably kde and wayland, have been switched + to use evdev rules by default. Some keys, most notably arrow keys, + may not work in applications using libxkbcommon, if you use + xf86-input-keyboard rather than xf86-input-libinput. + If you have trouble with the keyboard keys, and if /var/log/Xorg.*.log + shows that the "kbd" or "keyboard" driver is beind used, you need to + switch to legacy rules by setting the environment variable + XKB_DEFAULT_RULES to xorg. + This switch is make to match the default configuration on FreeBSD 12.1 and + later, the default configuration on FreeBSD 11.3 still requres the legacy + rules. + 20200316: AFFECTS: users of net-im/slack-term AUTHOR: dmgk@FreeBSD.org |