Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:04:55 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: usbkbd not reporting unknown keys |
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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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