From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <39D09F35.62D06889@relog.ch> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:05:57 +0200 From: Michel Dänzer Reply-To: daenzerm@student.ethz.ch MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Franz Sirl CC: Martin Costabel , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Linux keycodes and left cursor on Pismo References: <39CE9B1F.84530732@student.ethz.ch> <39CEF070.1A60BE5B@wanadoo.fr> <5.0.0.19.2.20000926145616.01dd23e0@mail.munich.netsurf.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Franz Sirl wrote: > > At 22:35 25.09.00, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > >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. > > Do you have by any chance a CHRP machine? No. (Look at the subject ;) > I haven't touched chrp_setup.c yet. If not, what exact kernel are you using? 2.4.0-test8 rsynced from bk-devel some days ago. > BTW, there will be a new xf4 RPMs available soon. It worked fine (why?) in the X from the test debs, which contain your X stuff AFAIK. 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/