From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751115AbWDVUEm (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:04:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751117AbWDVUEm (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:04:42 -0400 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:38602 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751115AbWDVUEl (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:04:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:04:55 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Matheus Izvekov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dtor_core@ameritech.net Subject: Re: usbkbd not reporting unknown keys Message-ID: <20060422200455.GA10994@suse.cz> References: <305c16960603081130g5367ddb3m4cbcf39a9253a087@mail.gmail.com> <305c16960603081225m68c26ff7wd3b73621cfb81d9a@mail.gmail.com> <305c16960603081334k25ce9a89g132876d4c9246fc6@mail.gmail.com> <305c16960603091230r32038a86mbefc6d80bedb24ab@mail.gmail.com> <305c16960603141510g72def22bmd0043d5f71d9ef6@mail.gmail.com> <305c16960604221111u714bd3b1h2aeb0559b07d911b@mail.gmail.com> <20060422185402.GC10613@suse.cz> <305c16960604221259g4ddabca2o6333f7ffcaff8e4f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <305c16960604221259g4ddabca2o6333f7ffcaff8e4f@mail.gmail.com> X-Bounce-Cookie: It's a lemon tree, dear Watson! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 04:59:48PM -0300, Matheus Izvekov wrote: > On 4/22/06, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 03:11:30PM -0300, Matheus Izvekov wrote: > > My opinion is that usbkbd serves as: > > > > a) an example usb/input driver > > b) for embedded systems where usbhid is too large > > > > For keyboards with extra keys, use usb-hid. > > > > -- > > Vojtech Pavlik > > Director SuSE Labs > > > Sorry, weve came to that conclusion, the thread got to somethign else > entirely different. ill summarize here my problem so that you dont > need to read it all over again. > > 1) I have a microsoft multimedia keyboard, and the hid driver doesnt > maps all the multimedia keys. The output of the hid debug output was > posted previously in the thread. > 2) For some reason, th hid driver register lots of absolute axis and > joystick buttons that dont seem to work at all, no matter what i > press. I Asked if it would be possible to blacklist those. Currently > the device registers a js interface with so many axis and buttons that > some programs even segfault while reading it. This interface is > useless as far as i can see. > If you need more detailed information please ask me. Just point me to the HID debug logs. (I need DEBUG enabled in both hid-core.c and hid-input.c.) Make sure you're running an uptodate kernel. I'll see what is needed to fix the mappings for that keyboard. > Maybe the thread subject should be changed to something more > apropriate, do so if it pleases you. -- Vojtech Pavlik Director SuSE Labs