>>>>> Regarding 'Re: using the zoom slider on Microsoft keyboard'; dann frazier >>>>> adds:
>> But there is a trivial patch floating around, that makes this >> button (actually, it is two buttons, up and down) usable: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/264287 (a >> search for the word KEY_ZOOMIN will get you to the actual patch on >> the page). >> Would it be possible, to incorporate this patch into Debian's >> official kernel? > But it sounds like the real issue here maybe with X? Yes, here is a relevant quote from the above URL: ,---- | I believe this is a Xorg/X11 problem, not a kernel related. | The problem is that X can not handle keycodes above > 255. | A workaround is patching the kernel that an other keycode < 255 is used. `---- > If that workaround gets accepted upstream, then we can likely > backport it. Thanks, unfortunately I don't think that will happen anytime soon. :( I don't know how many keyboards have this zoom slider thingie, I was hoping Debian to incorporate this patch for the users. -- Thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
