From: Jurgen Kramer <gtm.kramer@inter.nl.net>
To: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test1/2: keyboard funnies in textmode
Date: 01 Aug 2003 17:33:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1059752011.2691.13.camel@paragon.slim> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030801145223.GA3308@win.tue.nl>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-01 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-01 14:25 2.6.0-test1/2: keyboard funnies in textmode Jurgen Kramer
2003-08-01 14:52 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-01 15:33 ` Jurgen Kramer [this message]
2003-08-01 16:37 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-01 17:56 ` Jurgen Kramer
2003-08-01 20:16 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-01 22:16 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-10 18:40 ` Mikael Magnusson
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