Re: Mac USB keyboards (Was: USB Keyboard errors with 2.4.5-ac)

From: Joseph Carter (knghtbrd@d2dc.net)
Date: Sun Jul 01 2001 - 08:07:38 EST

On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:26:39PM +0200, Guest section DW wrote:
> > > To understand the details of the code, trace the steps:
> > > (i) The USB code can be found e.g. on
> > > http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-5.html
> > > We find that Power is 102 and that Keypad-= is 103.
> >
> > I find that KP = can also be 134, according to this.
>
> Yes. The USB spec says for this code: "used on AS/400 keyboards".

Probably not much chance this keyboard will be using it then. Some AT
keyboards require some sort of magic enable string be sent to make them
use certain unusual keys in the manner you would expect. Any chance of
that in the USB arena? I'm just grasping at straws here, but I suppose
it's possible. 

-- 
Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@d2dc.net>                   Free software developer

<Culus> OH MY GOD NOT A RANDOM QUOTE GENERATOR
<netgod> surely you didnt think that was static? how lame would that be? 
         :-)
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