I see. Just tried Sun Type 7 for a test - and xev recognizes extra keys on
Linux (though they produce different events, not F## but for example *
XF86Copy* etc.). But no luck for Type 5 through a convertor. OpenIndiana
however recognizes Type 5 through a USB convertor without issues and xev
show F## events for keys on the left). I guess Solaris and Linux keyboard
drivers work with the adapter differently.

Regards,

Hillel.

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Alan Coopersmith <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hillel Lubman wrote:
> > I like extra sun keys (on Sun Type 5/6/7 keyboards), which work with
> OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana and X.org "out of the box". But on Linux those keys
> aren't recognized by default.
> >
> > I tried running xev on Debian with Sun Type 5 keyboard attached (through
> a convertor to USB). It doesn't show any events for sun keys at all.  How
> and where are they supposed to be configured so X would recognize them?
>
> You need the kernel keyboard driver to detect them and pass the keystrokes
> up
> to Xorg.   I don't know if/how that works with a Sun serial <-> USB
> converter.
>
> --
>        -Alan Coopersmith-        [email protected]
>         Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
>
>
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