keyboard arrow keys not working...

[William Bulley]

I am running FreeBSD 14.1-STABLE along with xorg-7.7_3 using
a Happy Hacking keyboard.  About two weeks ago my keyboard
arrow keys (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT) which appear below the
LEFT SHIFT on the left failed to work.  By this I mean that
pressing any of these four keys would not allow me to move
around a web page or a text file using vi(1), etc.

This must have been caused by a change to the operating
system since I had just upgraded from 14,0-STABLE, or from
some change to the Xorg ports which change from time to
time and which I upgrade weekly if any changes occur.

This is what I have today:

unix% setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/base...
Success.
Applied rules from base:
rules:      base
model:      hhk
layout:     us
options:    terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   xfree86+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)
geometry:   hhk(basic)
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"       };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)"        };
        xkb_geometry  { include "hhk(basic)"    };
};

I have tried to determine why my arrow keys no longer "work" and
have attached some output from the xev(1) command along with the
various correct and incorrect keycode values that I have found.

I have tried various other keyboard models (pc104, pc105, etc.)
and my arrow keys fail to work in those cases.  Please advise.

Thank you in advance.  Have a great day!

-- 
William Bulley
E-MAIL: web at umich.edu
<web at umich.edu>
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According to the /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86 file:

keycode 111 is PRSC (print screen)

keycode 116 is RWIN (right window??)

keycode 114 is BRK (break??)

keycode 113 is RALT (right ALT)


The arrow keys are labeled: PG_UP, PG_DN, HOME, and END when the
FUNCTION key IS pressed.


PG_UP corresponds to UP ARROW when the FUNCTION key is not pressed.

PG_DN corresponds to DOWN ARROW when the FUNCTION key is not pressed.

HOME corresponds to LEFT ARROW when the FUNCTION key is not pressed.

END corresponds to RIGHT ARROW when the FUNCTION key is not pressed.


The keycode for PGUP is 99.

The keycode for PGDN is 105.

The keycode for HOME is 97.

The keycode for END is 103.


The keycode for UP is 98.

The keycode for DOWN is 104.

The keycode for LEFT is 100.

The keycode for RGHT is 102.


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What follows is output from the xev(1) command during a running
session of xorg/x11 on FreeBSD 14.1-STABLE:

Pressing the RETURN key:

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2792066, (19,26), root:(88,95),
    state 0x0, keycode 36 (keysym 0xff0d, Return), same_screen YES,
"   XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0d) "
"   XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0d) "
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2792146, (19,26), root:(88,95),
    state 0x0, keycode 36 (keysym 0xff0d, Return), same_screen YES,
"   XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0d) "
    XFilterEvent returns: False


Pressing the "UP ARROW" key:

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2885680, (25,33), root:(117,125),
    state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2885776, (25,33), root:(117,125),
    state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False


Pressing the "DOWN ARROW" key:

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2926224, (33,34), root:(148,149),
    state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xffec, Super_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2926288, (33,34), root:(148,149),
    state 0x40, keycode 116 (keysym 0xffec, Super_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False


Pressing the "RIGHT ARROW" key:

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2970735, (33,42), root:(171,180),
    state 0x0, keycode 114 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 2970815, (33,42), root:(171,180),
    state 0x0, keycode 114 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False


Pressing the "LEFT ARROW" key:

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 3008558, (34,38), root:(195,199),
    state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xffea, Alt_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x555, subw 0x2600002, time 3008638, (34,38), root:(195,199),
    state 0x8, keycode 113 (keysym 0xffea, Alt_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False