On 2020-10-26 16:41, Mike Pumford wrote:
On 26/10/2020 13:00, Hauke Fath wrote:
Is there a way to automatically set the wscons keyboard layout
depending on the keyboard attached? What about X11?
Not sure that's something any OS supports. I've not seen auto layout
detection even in windows or linux as I'm not sure the keyboards can
communicate that even over USB.
I guessed as much, but I thought I'd ask.
There is usually only one PS/2 keyboard, so that would be distinct; and
USB HIDes do have a distinct signature:
[ 172843.427911] wskbd2 at ukbd1 mux 1
[ 172843.427911] wskbd2: connecting to wsdisplay0
[ 172843.427911] uhidev4 at uhub7 port 4 configuration 1 interface 4
[ 172843.427911] uhidev4: Keyboardio (0x1209) Atreus (0x2303), rev
2.00/1.00, addr 3, iclass 3/1
[ 172843.427911] ukbd2 at uhidev4: 8 Variable keys, 6 Array codes
[ 172843.838050] wskbd3 at ukbd2 mux 1
[ 172843.838050] wskbd3: connecting to wsdisplay0
So it would be possible to switch to a separate layout for a newly
appeared kbd device. OTOH, this would require per-kbd layouts, which
AFAICS wscons does not do...
Normally there is an input selection widget in the UI to switch input
keyboard layouts. Not sure if the X11 versions of those work in NetBSD.
I guess. Maybe I'll make do with a small shell script...
CHeerio,
Hauke
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