Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test1/2: keyboard funnies in textmode | From | Jurgen Kramer <> | Date | 01 Aug 2003 17:33:31 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 16:52, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> Can you give some details? > > - When did it last work?
OK, I no longer have compiled 2.5 kernels installed, only 2.6.0-test1/2. I can only say it does work normally under 2.4.x.
> - What does it mean: "am unable to use"? > (Is the key ignored? Does the system crash? Do you get different keycodes?) On the laptop with Japanese keyboard the Yen/Pipe key is totally dead. On the regular PC with USB keyboard only the backslash works.
How can I check keycodes while in textmode?
> - What are the boot messages about the keyboard? > Very annoying, I can't type dmesg | grep keyboard while in textmode..:-( But from X:
>From the laptop (2.6.0-test1): input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio4 input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
>From the PC (2.6.0-test2): input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2
> The pipe key is the same as the backslash key (say, on a US keyboard). > And there is some interesting confusion between Yen and Backslash > (since ASCII and JIS-Roman coincide, except in the yen and overbar > positions, where ASCII has backslash and tilde). > So, I am not surprised by weird things on a Japanese keyboard. > Do you use scancode Set 3? Above shows Set 2 for the laptop. I can't tell for the PC.
Cheers,
Jurgen
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