Re: [PATCH] unswap the grave and 102nd keys on Apple Alu ISO keyboard

["Michel Dänzer" <michel@daenzer.net>]

On 12.05.2015 18:55, John Horan wrote:
> 
>> [ Please keep the Cc list intact ]
> Appologies, and thanks for spotting that.
>> I wonder if the reversed behaviour in X is due to the "mac,"
>> (variant?). Which keyboard model did you choose in the system / X
>> keyboard configuration? 
> I'm using the English(UK,Macintosh) keymap. (and yes mac is the variant)
>  Apart from the two keys covered by the quirk, every other key matches
> exactly to what is printed on the keys.  Which keymap are you using?

I'm using the standard US (pc105) keymap.


>>         What's the behaviour for you in console? 
>>
>>     I'm using the American keymap in the console, so it prints
>>     backslash when I press the grave key on the internal keyboard, but
>>     the external keyboard is still swapped in relation to it (and
>>     actually outputs grave). 
>>
>> So it sounds like the ISO quirk is working correctly for the external
>> keyboard, and there's actually a problem with the internal keyboard.
> Actually I was mistaken there, I'm using the UK layout in the VC (I
> actually did try a mac-uk there before, but it was unusable, so I've
> left it as uk).  Which is why I still think the problem lies with the
> external rather than internal keyboard, as the uk key layout would
> normally put the grave (paired with |) up next to the 1, which is what
> it does on the internal keyboard, which is then swapped down next to the
> z key on the external, and that just happens to be where apple puts the
> grave key.
>>
>>         That assumes the ISO quirk is active for the internal keyboard
>>         as well. Have you double-checked that? 
>>
>>     Yeah, and again just to be sure. 
>>
>> How did you check?
> As you did, I disabled the quirk by echoing 0 into
> /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/iso_layout.  And that had an effect on
> both keyboards, rather than just the external.

I'm afraid I don't know how to sort out this mess, but I'm pretty sure
removing the ISO quirk for just one ISO keyboard is not correct.


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