xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

[Cliff Brake]

Does anyone have this combination working yet?

On my system, ctrl-alt-f1 does not work, and caps/num lock lights do
not work when X is running.  Keyboard works fine at the console.

It works fine with xserver-kdrive-fbdev 1.3

with 1.4, it seem there are some options added:

-keybd driver [,,options]      Specify the keyboard driver and its options
-kb                    disable the X Keyboard Extension
+kb                    enable the X Keyboard Extension

In the source code, I found the following:

 ./hw/kdrive/ephyr/Xephyr :1 -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ -mouse
ephyr -keybd ephyr,,xkblayout=br,xkbmodel=abnt2

/*
 * You can call your kdriver server with something like:
 * $ ./hw/kdrive/yourserver/X :1 -mouse evdev,,device=/dev/input/event4 -keybd
 * evdev,,device=/dev/input/event1,xkbmodel=abnt2,xkblayout=br
 */

there are a few patch files that might be related:
./xserver-kdrive-1.4.0.90/no_xkb.patch
./xserver-kdrive/optional-xkb.patch

I'm slogging through the source code, but would appreciate any ideas
from anyone who understands this or has it working.

Thanks,
Cliff

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Cliff Brake
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Re: xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

[Koen Kooi]

Cliff Brake wrote:
> Does anyone have this combination working yet?
>
> On my system, ctrl-alt-f1 does not work, and caps/num lock lights do
> not work when X is running.  Keyboard works fine at the console.

I suspect that's because kdrive 1.4 lacks a default keymap. Graeme 
provided a really bare-bones one that makes X access keys (e.g. xkbd, 
matchbox-keyboard). Making USB keyboards work properly proved to be too 
much work, so I am now using full-blown Xorg on anything with a 
usb-keyboard. Having said that, the A-z keys did work on beagle, the 
fact that left-mouse button clicks produced a 'q' was the final straw 
(clock on window running powertop - boom).
Something is very broken in kdrive, which might be due to people working 
on it only care for tablets from a certain scandinavian company.

regards,

Koen


>
> It works fine with xserver-kdrive-fbdev 1.3
>
> with 1.4, it seem there are some options added:
>
> -keybd driver [,,options]      Specify the keyboard driver and its options
> -kb                    disable the X Keyboard Extension
> +kb                    enable the X Keyboard Extension
>
> In the source code, I found the following:
>
>   ./hw/kdrive/ephyr/Xephyr :1 -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ -mouse
> ephyr -keybd ephyr,,xkblayout=br,xkbmodel=abnt2
>
> /*
>   * You can call your kdriver server with something like:
>   * $ ./hw/kdrive/yourserver/X :1 -mouse evdev,,device=/dev/input/event4 -keybd
>   * evdev,,device=/dev/input/event1,xkbmodel=abnt2,xkblayout=br
>   */
>
> there are a few patch files that might be related:
> ./xserver-kdrive-1.4.0.90/no_xkb.patch
> ./xserver-kdrive/optional-xkb.patch
>
> I'm slogging through the source code, but would appreciate any ideas
> from anyone who understands this or has it working.
>
> Thanks,
> Cliff
>

Re: xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

[Cliff Brake]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl> wrote:
> Cliff Brake wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have this combination working yet?
>>
>> On my system, ctrl-alt-f1 does not work, and caps/num lock lights do
>> not work when X is running.  Keyboard works fine at the console.
>
> I suspect that's because kdrive 1.4 lacks a default keymap. Graeme provided
> a really bare-bones one that makes X access keys (e.g. xkbd,
> matchbox-keyboard). Making USB keyboards work properly proved to be too much
> work, so I am now using full-blown Xorg on anything with a usb-keyboard.
> Having said that, the A-z keys did work on beagle, the fact that left-mouse
> button clicks produced a 'q' was the final straw (clock on window running
> powertop - boom).
> Something is very broken in kdrive, which might be due to people working on
> it only care for tablets from a certain scandinavian company.

Thanks.  Yes, you are correct.  I can get arrow keys, and enter to
work, but not cap/num lock or Ctrl-Alt-F1.

Cliff

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=======================
Cliff Brake
http://bec-systems.com

Re: xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

[Koen Kooi]

Cliff Brake wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Koen Kooi<k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>  wrote:
>> Cliff Brake wrote:
>>> Does anyone have this combination working yet?
>>>
>>> On my system, ctrl-alt-f1 does not work, and caps/num lock lights do
>>> not work when X is running.  Keyboard works fine at the console.
>> I suspect that's because kdrive 1.4 lacks a default keymap. Graeme provided
>> a really bare-bones one that makes X access keys (e.g. xkbd,
>> matchbox-keyboard). Making USB keyboards work properly proved to be too much
>> work, so I am now using full-blown Xorg on anything with a usb-keyboard.
>> Having said that, the A-z keys did work on beagle, the fact that left-mouse
>> button clicks produced a 'q' was the final straw (clock on window running
>> powertop - boom).
>> Something is very broken in kdrive, which might be due to people working on
>> it only care for tablets from a certain scandinavian company.
>
> Thanks.  Yes, you are correct.  I can get arrow keys, and enter to
> work, but not cap/num lock or Ctrl-Alt-F1.

In that case fixing the keymap would be the way to go. You'll need to 
poke the resident X exports on how to do that properly, though :)

regards,

Koen

>
> Cliff
>

Re: xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

[Cliff Brake]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl> wrote:
>> Thanks.  Yes, you are correct.  I can get arrow keys, and enter to
>> work, but not cap/num lock or Ctrl-Alt-F1.
>
> In that case fixing the keymap would be the way to go. You'll need to poke
> the resident X exports on how to do that properly, though :)

xmodmap lists some diff between 1.3 and 1.4:

1.3:
shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e),  Menu (0x78)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4        Mode_switch (0x6c)
mod5


1.4:
shift
lock
control
mod1
mod2
mod3
mod4
mod5

Stuffing the 1.3 xmodmap settings into Xfbdev 1.4 does not seem to
make any difference, so more digging ...

Cliff

Re: xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

[Graeme Gregory]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:25:08 -0400
"Cliff Brake" <cliff.brake@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stuffing the 1.3 xmodmap settings into Xfbdev 1.4 does not seem to
> make any difference, so more digging ...
> 
Saving the xmodmap from 1.3 and loading it in 1.4 was exactly what I
did to "fix" the problem originally.

A nasty kludge, but after hours of git log checking I couldn't actually
find the keyboard change that caused the problem.

Graeme