Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:57:34 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: PC keyboard driver |
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Benjamin Carter writes:
: I recently came into possession of a 97-key keyboard with Japanese : markings on the keys. (The keys also have the standard : qwerty-characters on them, with the exception of some of the meta-keys : (there are 3 keys near the Alt keys on either side of the spacebar with : only Japanese characters on them so I don't know what they are.) : In any case, the keyboard sends out scancodes that work for all the main : keys (backspace, letters and numbers, enter, shift), but the numeric : keypad, Alt keys, and function keys don't work. : : I have run the board through showkey -s, so I know what all the : scancodes this keyboard sends out.
Very good! I collect such info and would like to see your results.
: However, the F9 and F10 keys send out c0 and c1, respectively, so : their key release events send out e0 and e1, confusing the keyboard driver. : How would I go about changing this (or who should I talk to that might : be able to do this?) I assume that simply ignoring prev_scancode would : solve this (at the expense of breaking the escaped keys on a standard keyboard.)
Yes, exactly.
I am confused by your use of `so'. Normally the release code is the make code with the high bit set. Not some entirely different code. The make codes are not 60 and 61 hex?
Andries
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