On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:41:12AM -0700, Larry Williams wrote:
> Has anyone been able to get all the keys on a multimedia keyboard to produce
> scancodes or events?  I have an HP 5187-7583 with five destination keys
> (search, HP club, Internet, Info, Email), two eject buttons, a Burn CD/DVD
> button, multimedia controls and volume controls.  Three of the destination
> keys don't produce a scancode or keycode, neither do the eject or burn
> keys.  I've used xev and showkey, and it's as if I'm not pressing a button.

You may also want to try a couple of Javascript event handlers:

http://unixpapa.com/js/testkey.html
http://sawmac.com/missing/javascript/tutorials/examples/chapter06/events.html

I suspect Tony is right, you will need to fiddle with the BIOS to see
those events show up, but those webpages are another way to look at them.

Myself, I'm looking for something that will log keyboard/mouse events
with timecodes to a file, so I can evaluate various USB devices that
pretend to be keyboards.  Some of these devices emit out long strings
of characters.  Perhaps someone can suggest a tool that would help
both of us, or I should hack on showkey to make what I want.

Keith

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KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon"
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