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Old 5th June 2017
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Default X11R7 on NetBsd

I installed NetBsd on a older computer, and it is working basicly.
This is my first time with NetBsd,
However, I am having trouble getting the spanish keyboard to work
after I 'startx'.
From the console, when I first boot, the keyboard is fine, and the keys
work as expected, it is after I start the xsever that it become a problem.
I did read some manuals and info,..generated a
Code:
 # X -config ~/xorg.conf.new
As instructed here:
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-x.html

But I can not find any X11 in /etc as mentioned:
Quote:
If the above test was successful, move the file into place (as either /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/XF86Config) and you are ready to go. The following sections may be of interest or use, but are not required reading.
So I am wondering, not only what to put in the .conf file, the example they show is
for a german keyboard, and reveseing some keys,...I do not want to do that.
Just want it to know it is a spanish keyboard, no reversed keys, etc.
So, what to put in the file, and where to place the . conf file.
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http://www.netbsd.com/docs/guide/en/...-configuration

http://www.netbsd.com/docs/guide/en/...hap-x-keyboard
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Thank you Shep,
Those are what I have looked at, and I would like to using the example they show, or
one of the ones from here:
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To find out the keyboard models, layouts and variants supported on your system, see /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst.
but , from the configuration part:
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move the file into place (as either /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/XF86Config) and you are ready to go.
This is what is not clear to me,.. Do I need to make a "X11" directory, in /etc , or where ? There is
no /etc/X11 or /etc/X11/XF86Config directories and files.
So where do I put the "xorg.conf ." file ? Where do I move the "xorg.conf.new" to ?
I do realize I can make the X11 directory ,(maybe that is what I need to do?) and then using the 'mv' command, move the
xorg.conf.new file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf , but I am not sure if the X11 directory should all ready
exist , or I need to create it.
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I do realize I can make the X11 directory ,(maybe that is what I need to do?)
Yes Garry, you need to create it yourself.
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Ok, thanks ,...that explains why it does not yet exist, so I will try using /etc/X11 first.
thanks

___----- edited --- __
Thanks, I got it working now,...
Actually it turned out the X11 directory was there, but since it starts with X and when
I looked, using 'ls', I did not see it, expecting it to be at the bottom,...
When I did
Code:
mkdir /etc/X11
it told me the directory exists,...
Kind of dumb on my part,... so when I tried :
Code:
 ls | more
Indeed, yes it was right there, the first directory listed.
So then from there it was easy, I move the xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf .
I did also still need to edit it,
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "es"  #Just needed to add this to it. 
        
EndSection
added the xkblayout option, using "es",.... So that was really pretty simple,
thanks every one.
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Just to clarify a bit further, the /etc//X11 directory is created when the base.tgz set is installed. You can see it by doing something like this

$ tar -tzf base.tgz | less

and searching through the long output for /etc/X11 .
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