Keyboard problem

Keyboard problem

[Alain M.]

Hi,

I just posted about this on FD-DEV, but further testing made me believe 
it's a dosemu problem:

I have a keyboard, that is a "small" and has a layout like a notebook 
but on a desktop and it has a key for characters "/" and "?" that is 
just besides the Alt-Grey key.

I found a program CCHAR in 
<http://www.bookcase.com/library/software/msdos.util.keyboard.html> that 
"displays keycode at bottom right of screen". It shows scancodes for 
everything, including Ctrl,Shift,Alt and all Locks *except* for this key!!!

Just tested with another program Chris sent on fd-dev with the same 
result :(

Please help

Re: Keyboard problem

[Alain M.]

Confirmed: I just managed to boot this same machine in pure FreeDOS and 
the key works just fine. ScanCode is 0x73=115

So it is a dosemu problem. Ah! I have tested many combinations of 
$_rawkeyboard and $_X_keycode...

Please help :(
Alain

Alain M. escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> I just posted about this on FD-DEV, but further testing made me believe 
> it's a dosemu problem:
> 
> I have a keyboard, that is a "small" and has a layout like a notebook 
> but on a desktop and it has a key for characters "/" and "?" that is 
> just besides the Alt-Grey key.
> 
> I found a program CCHAR in 
> <http://www.bookcase.com/library/software/msdos.util.keyboard.html> that 
> "displays keycode at bottom right of screen". It shows scancodes for 
> everything, including Ctrl,Shift,Alt and all Locks *except* for this key!!!
> 
> Just tested with another program Chris sent on fd-dev with the same 
> result :(
> 
> Please help
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Re: Keyboard problem - with NDN

[Alain M.]

Hi,

I still haven't fixed my keyboard problem 100%, but I know what is 
happening now!

Two keys ("ç" and "/") are generating a double scancode: one for ALT and 
one for the key, in fast sequence.

So in almost all applications there is no problem, an extra Alt doesn't 
make any difference, but NDN uses it change the cursor to the upper window.

I did a lot more tests and this is my configuration (all keys work):
$_rawkeyboard = (1)
$_X_keycode = (off)
$_layout = "auto"
autoexec.bat: keyb br,850,c:\bin\br.kl /ID:275
here is my keyboard: 
<http://web.omnidrive.com/APIServer/public/DBpDfNQ3OyrUjdIRc2OiY0Dd/MiniKeyboard.jpg>

All keys work except for these two keys in NDN. I tested many different 
keyboard, including big, small, brazilian and US. I also tested many old 
and latest NDN. A small program CCHAR.COM shows me the two scan codes 
when I press "ç" or "/"

I tried running dosemu with -Dk (or -D+k or +Dk) but nothing gets 
printed on the console.

Please help, but if you only direct me to the portion of dosemu's code 
where this could be happening, I can make tests...

Thanks,
Alain


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pre-release 1.1.3.6 ...., dosemu-devel.

[Bart Oldeman]

is now available at http://dosemu.org/testing

This contains the reworked Sound Blaster Pro emulation code from Stas, the
compilation fixes for yacc/bison, old keyboard and mkbindist, and a few
documentation updates.

With the sound update being so large, all the rest will need to wait until
the next pre-release.

The dosemu-devel mailing list (which was by invitation only so far) is now
open for everyone (you must subscribe before you post though).
Go to
 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dosemu-devel
if you're interested in discussing DOSEMU development beyond just being a
user who occasionally complains about bugs :-)

Bart

keyboard problem

[Justin Zygmont]

has anyone else noticed that some of the keys don't work?  The shift and 
arrow keys don't respond when running a program in dosemu, when playing a 
game, I can't even move around or jump.

Re: keyboard problem

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Justin Zygmont wrote:

> has anyone else noticed that some of the keys don't work?  The shift and
> arrow keys don't respond when running a program in dosemu, when playing a
> game, I can't even move around or jump.

depends on what version you are using, and where you use DOSEMU (console,
X?)  I guess you have a problem with $_rawkeyboard for 1.1.4 at the
console -- try 1.1.4.15 or try the -k option.

Bart

Re: keyboard problem

[Justin Zygmont]

it works now, thanks!


On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Bart Oldeman wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> 
> > has anyone else noticed that some of the keys don't work?  The shift and
> > arrow keys don't respond when running a program in dosemu, when playing a
> > game, I can't even move around or jump.
> 
> depends on what version you are using, and where you use DOSEMU (console,
> X?)  I guess you have a problem with $_rawkeyboard for 1.1.4 at the
> console -- try 1.1.4.15 or try the -k option.
> 
> Bart
>