Fix TLDE on macbookpro9,1 and use macbook78 model?
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agrajag9 · 2020-08-14 20:26

How do I force the macbook78 xkb model on a 2012 macbookpro9,1? And
how do I fix my TLDE so that it actually can type tilde and backtick,
not lt and gt?

Per `/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/macbookpro91.conf`:

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier  "Keyboard0"
            Driver      "kbd"
            Option      "CoreKeyboard"
            #Option      "XkbRules"   "xorg"
            Option      "XkbModel"   "macbook78"
            #Option      "XkbLayout"  "us"
            #Option      "XkbVariant" "macbook"
    EndSection

But from in X:

    $ setxkbmap -query -v 10
    Setting verbose level to 10
    locale is C
    Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
    Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
    Success.
    Applied rules from evdev:
    rules:      evdev
    model:      pc105
    layout:     us
    Trying to build keymap using the following components:
    keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
    types:      complete
    compat:     complete
    symbols:    pc+us+inet(evdev)
    geometry:   pc(pc105)
    rules:      evdev
    model:      pc105
    layout:     us

Running `setxkbmap -model macbook78` from inside X changes the output
above to make sense, but TLDE still only lets me type LT and GT. All
other keys behave properly.

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choppy812 · 2022-03-12 07:34

How did you end up solving this? I'm using a MacBookPro 11,4 with
FreeBSD 13. My tilde key gives the LT symbol in X. At the console
level before starting X, the backtick / tilde key is dead.

Appreciate the help if you can provide some info.

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agrajag9 · 2022-03-12 12:04

Good news: I did solve this!

Bad news: That laptop is collecting dust somewhere now after I finally
got a new one

BUT if I remember correctly it involved doing some manual tweaking of
`/usr/local/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us`. There's an `xkb_symbols "mac"`
section and I believe you may need to move a few things around.

Please let me know if that helps, and I'll try to dig that laptop out,
dust it off, and find my patch