Re: usbkbd not reporting unknown keys

Vojtech Pavlik
2006-04-22T20:04:42Z

On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 04:59:48PM -0300, Matheus Izvekov wrote:
> On 4/22/06, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> 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.

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Vojtech Pavlik
Director SuSE Labs