Re: keyboard problem with 2.6.6

[Andries Brouwer]

Sau Dan Lee wrote:

> Actually, I have a side issue with input/i8042 related things: The
> keyboard on my laptop worked slightly different: On 2.4.*, SysRq is
> activated using a [Fn] key-combo, which agrees with the keycap labels
> on the laptop keyboard. After upgrading to 2.6, that key-combo no
> longer works. Instead, I must use Alt-PrintScreen as the key for
> SysRq. (And unfortunately, PrintScreen is a [Fn] combo on the laptop,
> thus requiring press 3 keys at the same time for SysRq, and a fourth
> key to use the various SysRq features. Very inconvenient.) Is this
> again due to some dirty translation processes down in the input layer?
> Is the input layer always assuming that Alt-PrintScreen == SysRq?
> This is not always true. Can the input layer be so configured that it
> never tries to interpret the scancodes, but pass them to the upper
> layers?

So, what scancodes do you get in 2.4? And in 2.6? (Use scancode -s.)

Andries

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