Hi-- On Nov 9, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote: >> And should HAL have discovered my swedish keyboard automatically in >> the first place, so there was something going wrong there? > > How would HAL know that the keyboard had a Swedish layout? No such > information is sent through USB or PS/2 when you attach a keyboard.
True for PS/2, but not true for USB-- the USB Vendor & Product ID can identify different keyboard types and let you infer the country. For example, see: http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids At the moment, I happen to be using a: Apple Pro Keyboard: Product ID: 0x020b Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) Version: 4.20 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Mitsumi Electric Location ID: 0x3d111300 / 6 Current Available (mA): 250 Current Required (mA): 50 ...and this database would correctly let the system know that I'm using US layout: 020b Pro Keyboard [Mitsumi, A1048/US layout] If you figure out that a Logitech Tangentbord K120 (or an Apple MC184S) is connected, then you've got a Swiss keyboard, and so forth. Regards, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
