Today I got my Keychron K2 (V2) mechanical keyboard, and I'd like to report here that this peripheral works fine on FreeBSD 13.1 RELEASE amd64.
The keyboard is recognized at boot. The only setting is my default for keyboards in /etc/rc.conf
to provide European accented characters. There is no further software setting for having just 84 keys.
On this Keychron, the switch on the side has to be set on 'Win/Android', I use a wired setup.
I post it here, because there is hardly any (if none) information on the net about the workings of mechanical keyboards on a *BSD system. The Linux FB-group on this brand- has a lot of complaints about the Function keys and some settings for kernel modules we don't have. On some smaller models, Keychron have top row number-keys with triple functions, which according to the shop causes problems (the OS doesn't understand the two 'fn' keys for Fx and Mac multimedia). That is why I bought a version with a proper Fx row of keys.
I bought this keyboard at a shop specialized in ergonomic office stuff, and was able to test it on my FBSD 13.1 netbook. The testing was something I wanted to do for such expensive equipment. I realized that most keyboards will be sold online without proper testing of the ergonomics and working on your OS -- an argument to buy at a phisical shop instead of online.
Hope this is of any use for others...
The keyboard is recognized at boot. The only setting is my default for keyboards in /etc/rc.conf
Code:
keymap="us.acc"
On this Keychron, the switch on the side has to be set on 'Win/Android', I use a wired setup.
I post it here, because there is hardly any (if none) information on the net about the workings of mechanical keyboards on a *BSD system. The Linux FB-group on this brand- has a lot of complaints about the Function keys and some settings for kernel modules we don't have. On some smaller models, Keychron have top row number-keys with triple functions, which according to the shop causes problems (the OS doesn't understand the two 'fn' keys for Fx and Mac multimedia). That is why I bought a version with a proper Fx row of keys.
I bought this keyboard at a shop specialized in ergonomic office stuff, and was able to test it on my FBSD 13.1 netbook. The testing was something I wanted to do for such expensive equipment. I realized that most keyboards will be sold online without proper testing of the ergonomics and working on your OS -- an argument to buy at a phisical shop instead of online.
Hope this is of any use for others...