From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <39CFB72A.8974F2DB@student.ethz.ch> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:35:54 +0200 From: Michel Dänzer MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin Costabel CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Linux keycodes and left cursor on Pismo References: <39CE9B1F.84530732@student.ethz.ch> <39CEF070.1A60BE5B@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Martin Costabel wrote: > > > >After switching to Linux keycodes (and Debian's i386 us keymap), the > > > >left cursor key doesn't generate a keycode anymore. Interestingly, it > > > >works in X with Xkb, but not without. > > > > > > > >Anyone else sees this? > > > > > > Check the dev and user archives, I think this has been discussed a > > > few times since the new input layer backport went in. > > > > I've searched the archives now with no luck. > > I haven't seen this discussed, but I'll try a wild guess: What's > suspicious is that the linux keycode for KEY_LEFT is 105=0x69, the same > as the old mac keycode for SYSRQ_KEY. You could easily verify this by > pressing LEFT plus s or t or something and see whether it does some > emergency sync or whatever. Just a guess. But a good one! That's exactly the issue. I wonder how it has worked with Xkb in X though... As Magic Sysrq seems to always use ADB keycodes anyway, I'll not use it for now. Thanks, Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/