On Tuesday 03 April 2012 05:35:24 Opera wrote: > Hlo, > The reason for putting this on top is that I have data that are > showing that I can not blame the Shuttle. > > Here is the brief infos- > > When using a USB keyboard [native USB or with an adaptor for ps2] > the keypad Del key works perfectly but when NumLock is on that key > does not change its output to Dot when working with any version > of OpenBSD that I have tried. Turning NumLock off and using the > shift key does not work either. > > There are no other keys affected. > > The problem exists on every computer that I try. > > Windows 7 or XP and NetBSD both work perfectly. > > There is now some tension in the evidence. > > (I) It would seem that there is a little bug in OpenBSD that will > affect any box running with USB keyboard. > > (II) I can't believe that this can not have been noticed before if > clause (I) is true. > > Well maybe that no OBSD person uses USB keyboard? Or doesn't use > that Dot key on the keypad? >
I ust tried it on two machines with (only) a USB keyboard. One i tried with the latetst snapshot from 2 april. Both show the same problem. The del function on that same key also don't behave like the normal del key. gr Renzo > > > > On 31/03/2012 04:07, Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: > > Opera wrote [2012-03-30 12:58+0200]: > >> Using the same keyboard where I first saw the bug but connected to a > >> plain old PC. > >> > >> I use hexdump like this: > >> # hexdump -C > >> tap the problem key, then hit return and then Cntrol-D > >> > >> With numlock off I see: > >> ^[[3~ > >> 00000000 1b 5b 33 7e 0a > >> 00000005 > >> With numlock on: > >> . > >> 00000000 2e 0a > >> 00000002 > >> > >> Using the same keyboard with a ps2-USB adaptor I see the same > >> result as the numlock off test above whether numlock is on or off. > >> > >> This is what I see on the Shuttle also but it has no ps2 sockets > >> so on it I'm stuck with no working dot key on the numpad and > >> of course old habits die hard so I mess up lots of ip addresses. > >> > >> Is there something in wsconsctl or such that would let me patch > >> it? I've been hunting through various related man pages but I > >> have not hit on a hint so far. > > > > Hey, baaaaaaaa-by! > > > > Just recently i've posted a patch to tech@ that let's you examine > > the scancode of a key via wsconsctl!!! > > Then you can use basic wsconsctl features to set the key to > > whatever you want, now that you can identify it!! > > > > By the way - Marco Peereboom has posted a great ksh(1) to tech@ on > > 2011-09-06 that let you do graceful multi-character-sequence key > > binding, which may also be of interest to you. > > Was for me. > > > > And YOU ARE THE FIRST Windows NT user i know of who cares about > > keyboard scancodes! > > This is just a FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE for me. > > THANK YOU!!!! > > > > (P.S.: there is a X program which gives you even more info, so > > that you can adjust your .xmodmaprc or so.) > > > > --steffen > > Forza Figa!
