2.6.12 USB Keypad still not working

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>]

PhoneSkype USB Phone SK-04.
It gets detected, is registered in /sys/bus/usb as a Keypad. Everything 
else USB works including the phone handset. Nothing is detected by 
showkey when keys are pressed.
# less /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.3/interface
Keypad

/dev/usb/hiddev? and /dev/input/keyboard say they are not valid devices 
and they are the ones created by the SuSE 9.3 install, not by udev.

  From dmesg
  ----------
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: timeout initializing reports
                               =============================
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [BeyondTel USB Phone] on usb-0000:00:02.1-2
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.01:USB HID core driver
input: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [CH PRODUCTS CH FLIGHT SIM YOKE USB ] on 
usb-0000:00:02.1-1.1
input: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [CH PRODUCTS CH PRO PEDALS USB ] on 
usb-0000:00:02.1-1.4
I am puzzled by the fact that the keypad is recognised, but I cannot do 
anything with it.

# lsusb
Bus 003 Device 009: ID 04b8:0103 Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 610
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 068e:00f2 CH Products, Inc. Flight Sim Pedals
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 05e3:0760 Genesys Logic, Inc. Card Reader
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 03f0:0604 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 840c
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 068e:00ff CH Products, Inc. Flight Sim Yoke
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04b4:0303 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. <====
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0451:2077 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2077 Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Regards
Sid.
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