On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 23:08 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > So, I let the server autodetect the keyboard, and it came up > with: > (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard > > Now, I have a Logitech Cordless Comfort Duo setup. After > logging in, I discovered that my arrow keys, home, end, prior, next, > print, pause, alt_r, control_r, kp_enter, KP_Divide, Super_r, > multi_key had been randomly rearranged, and thus hitting up arrow > tried to print the screen. > > There was an extensive session with xev, xbindkeys -mk, and > xmodmap before I could start using the machine, and I suspect most > users would not have the knowledge to do what I did. > > Oh, and Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" gave me multiple > input devices, I could not login as user sssrrriiivvvaaassstttaaa. > (each keypress resulted in three characters)
The evdev driver, which is used by default with input-hotplug, indeed uses a different set of keycodes than the traditional kbd driver. I'm not sure there's a way to make that transition not painful for people using xbindkeys/xmodmap and assuming the previous set of keycodes... :( Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
