https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238 sndirsch@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |ak@novell.com ------- Comment #1 from sndirsch@novell.com 2007-03-30 07:45 MST ------- Could you make a patch against our xkeyboard-config sources for "XKB Configuration" and attach it? Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238 ------- Comment #3 from ak@novell.com 2007-04-10 03:39 MST ------- The kernel driver shouldn't be actually needed -- it just remaps keys which both x server and console can do already. The only trouble is that for the

8bit keys it needs to use evdev directly and that doesn't work in 10.2 at least (crashes the x server)

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238 sndirsch@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |timmi@gmx-topmail.de ------- Comment #5 from sndirsch@novell.com 2007-06-05 02:17 MST ------- *** Bug 278799 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c6 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info Provider|ak@novell.com |timmi@gmx-topmail.de --- Comment #6 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-09 05:59:44 MST --- Tim, I wonder if you would be interested in helping to create the required patch? See comment #1. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c8 --- Comment #8 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-09 11:06:57 MST --- Sure, by providing a patch for xkb. :-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c10 --- Comment #10 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-09 12:42:23 MST --- For sure we won't switch to evdev as default for 10.3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c12 --- Comment #12 from Thomas Meindl 2007-08-10 07:01:34 MST --- I've just got aware that the special keys "1" to "5" and "MyFavorites" don't supply any keycode throught the event files in /dev/input/by-path/ . Every other key can also be detected by showkey -k . /dev/input/by-path/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:3:1.0-event-mouse -> ../event2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:3:1.0-mouse -> ./mouse1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:4:1.0-event-kbd -> ../event3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:4:1.1-event- -> ./event4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 platform-pcspkr-event-spkr -> ./event1 /dev/input/by-id/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 usb-Logitech_USB_Gaming_Mouse-event-mouse -> ../event2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 usb-Logitech_USB_Gaming_Mouse-mouse -> ./mouse1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 10. Aug 2007 usb-Microsoft_Natural_Ergonomic_Keyboard_4000-event-kbd -> ../event3 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238 Tim Fechtner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|sndirsch@novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c16 --- Comment #16 from Tim Fechtner 2007-08-14 07:09:42 MST --- Hm. When we get working all keys exept "My Favorits" and "ONE" to "FIVE", then the support isn't complete, but much better now! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c19 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ms@novell.com --- Comment #19 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-14 08:52:24 MST --- It might be possible to use the evdev driver for this keyboard as default, if it can be detected and if it would not crash the Xserver as it currently does. Marcus should know if this would be possible. This is currently done for some mice to use it as mouse driver with not the best results as you can see in Bug #262317. :-( -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c22 --- Comment #22 from Thomas Meindl 2007-08-28 02:28:01 MST --- I fiddled around with the second patch that is mentioned on the gentoo wiki page (the powerman patch: http://powerman.asdfgroup.com/download/kernel/nek4k-2.6.20.patch ). After applying the changes manually to the 2.6.22.2 kernel, I got all the keys of the keyboard recognizable to evtest (package input-utils). The only issue was with the "One" to "Five" keys, which showed up as one key with the same keycode 464. They could be told apart by different (status)values, that means the following: "One" code 464 value (1,0,2) ==(pressed,released,pressed continously) "Two" code 464 value (2) (the 2 seems interfere with "pressed cont." event-value, so that there is no value for "key pressed" or "key released") "Three" code 464 value (4,0,2) "Four" code 464 value (8,0,2) "Five" code 464 value (16,0,2) So there is a flaw in the code, but a skilled kernel-programmer surly would find a simple solution for that. I think this is the basic approach, if all of the special keys shall be supported. I also tried to apply the changes to the XKB files, but had no luck to get the mapping working so far. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c24 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|sndirsch@novell.com |kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW Component|X.Org |Kernel QAContact|xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com |qa@suse.de --- Comment #24 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-12-02 15:17:17 MST --- Looks like this requires a kernel a patch in the first place. Therefore I'm now reassigning it to the kernel team. Feel free to reassign back once the kernel bits are done. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c26 --- Comment #26 from Andi Kleen 2007-12-02 17:10:33 MST --- no it does not require a kernel patch. X can as well translate the keycodes by itself using its keymap. It just has to use evdev because some codes cannot be passed otherwise. the kernel patch is to hide all this to the user side, but that's not really needed (and was a bad idea in the first place; after all keymaps are already supported fine everywhere -- but that's a different story) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238 Jiri Kosina changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238 User tm.mst@gmx-topmail.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259238#c30 --- Comment #30 from Thomas Meindl 2008-02-21 07:56:49 MST --- I tested 2.6.24 a few weeks ago and all keys of my msnek4k worked perfectly. Thanks a lot! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.