Re: 2.6.12 USB Keypad still not working

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

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>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
>>
> 
> 
> Was this hardware known to work on ealier kernels?  If so, which?
> 
> 
No, I bought it recently and tried with from 2.6.12-rc6 onwards.
Regards
Sid.
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