Re: Fw: Re: keyboard problem with 2.6.6

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 06:08:39PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

> > The Linux kernel reports them as KEY_LEFTMETA, KEY_RIGHTMETA and
> > KEY_COMPOSE.
> 
> In X standard keyboards Meta is mapped as the second symbol for 
> Alt.
> 
> // definition for the extra keys on 104-key "Windows95" keyboards
> xkb_symbols "pc104" {
>     include "us(generic101)"
>     key <LALT> {	[ 	Alt_L,	Meta_L		]	};
>     key <RALT> {	[	Alt_R,	Meta_R		]	};
>     key <LWIN> {	[	Super_L			]	};
>     key <RWIN> {	[	Super_R			]	};
>     key <MENU> {	[	Menu			]	};
> 
>     // modifier mappings
>     modifier_map Mod1   { Alt_L, Alt_R, Meta_L, Meta_R };
>     modifier_map Mod4   { Super_L, Super_R };
> }; 
> 
> // definition of Euro-style, Right "logo" key == [Mode_switch, Multi_key]
> xkb_symbols "pc104euro" {
>     include "us(pc104)"
>     key <RALT> {        [       Mode_switch             ]       
> };
>     key <RWIN> {	[	Multi_key		]	};
> };

Interesting. Nevertheless it's just a naming difference, and thus
shouldn't be a problem.

> > I'm not very familiar with xkb configuration. Perhaps you'd be willing
> > to write that definition file? I'll certainly help you from the kernel
> > side - I can even generate a list of keycode - scancode - meaning
> > relations for you.
> 
> If you do generate a list of keycode - scancode - meaning pairs 
> it will surely make my life easier.
> 
> I'm not particularly familiar with xkb configuration either. I 
> can *probably* make it work (i.e. test it as functional) on my 
> Dell Inspiron 8200 keyboard and on a standard pc104 keyboard 
> only. You probably need somebody else to work out the details 
> for other keyboards, though.

Ok, I'll try to produce something.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR