Re: Fw: Re: keyboard problem with 2.6.6

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 10:51:18PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> 
> > > Interesting. Nevertheless it's just a naming difference, and thus
> > > shouldn't be a problem.
> > 
> > Well, it's not just that, not if we want Meta kernel keys to 
> > become Meta X keys. Which wouldn't be a bad thing, since it 
> > would mean we'd have the keyboard acting the same under console 
> > and X. But in this case it would be nice if Linux knew about 
> > more modifiers than just shift, ctrl, alt, meta.
> 
> Keep in mind that the kernel keys we're talking about are keycodes, not
> keysyms, and thus are not a result of a keymap. On the other hand, the
> xkb tables you've shown are for keysyms.
> 
> The equivalences are:
> 
> Kernel		   XKB
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> KEY_LEFTALT    ==  key <LALT> 
> KEY_RIGHTALT   ==  key <RALT> 
> KEY_LEFTMETA   ==  key <LWIN> 
> KEY_RIGHTMETA  ==  key <RWIN> 
> KEY_COMPOSE    ==  key <MENU> 
> 
> There is a 1:1 mapping. 
> 
> Now, if you want to make them _do_ the same both in X and on console,
> then we're talking keymaps, and there I think is no problem again,
> because the kernel can handle up to 9 modifiers as far as I know,
> although they don't all have names.
> 
> linux/keyboard.h:#define NR_SHIFT       9

Point fully taken. I retreat in a corner with a big 'A' cone 
cap on my head.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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                  (Roger Waters)

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