From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:48:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:47:53 -0500 Received: from mail.pha.ha-vel.cz ([195.39.72.3]:54795 "HELO mail.pha.ha-vel.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:47:34 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:47:31 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Pete Zaitcev Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Possible Bug: 2.4.14 USB Keyboard Message-ID: <20011115204731.A8721@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <3BF2DFBF.6090502@prairiegroup.com> <20011114145312.A6925@kroah.com> <3BF3D029.7070609@prairiegroup.com> <20011115090023.A10511@kroah.com> <3BF40C03.4010509@prairiegroup.com> <200111151930.fAFJUCq16060@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200111151930.fAFJUCq16060@devserv.devel.redhat.com>; from zaitcev@redhat.com on Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 02:30:12PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > > Do you have the keybdev module loaded? Also, don't load the usbkbd > > module, if you load hid ... > > > > -- > > Vojtech Pavlik > > SuSE Labs > > There is a small problem with this approach: users have no clue > how to control what modules are loaded, hotplug loads whatever > was built (and recorded in modules.usbmap), and some users > have keyboards that plainly refuse to work with hid, therefore > vendors have to build both modules. > > See this little gem, for instance: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55878 > > I suspect some distributions can get away with "load the right > module" approach because their userbase is so small and technical > that they do not hit these cases often. I think something needs > fixing in hid. Interesting. Could you by any chance try to run the 'evtest' program (i can send it to you if you don't have it handy) on the /dev/input/event device created for this keyboard? And/or dmesg with DEBUG enabled in hid-core.c? Also, latest kernels should make even the extra keys of this keyboard work ... -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs