On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 00:23, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:29:49PM -0400, Ray Knight wrote: > > Now if someone could tell me how to get Crl-Alt-Fx keys to work and how > > Does the kernel lie to userspace about what key that is? I made > following cynical observation on my iBook page: > > The keyboard type to select is qwerty/mac-usb-us. Unfortunately, > this key mapping has the property of making the Command key the > "alt" key, even though the Option key is the one engraved with > the word "alt". So keep that in mind; in the Linux console > environment, where you see references to the ALT key, use the > Comamnd key instead. Furthermore -- and this is not Linux's > fault -- iBooks require that you hold down the Fn key to get the > function keys to scan as function keys. The order in which you > press them is important, too! So, to switch consoles, learn this > order: Command + Fn + F1 (where F1 might be F2, F3, etc.). When > you see <ALT+F4> in the installer, think Command + Fn + F4. I > have campaigned with the Debian PowerPC porting team to at least > take care of the Alt/Command part of this problem, but so far to > no success. I'll note cynically that the X server does it right. > Alt is Alt. > > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html > > Perhaps some unenlightened person decided to swap Alt and Command at the > kernel level. > > If not, do you know how to use xev? I'm happy to work with you to > figure this out. >
It's definitely an X problem and not a kernel problem as I use the same kernel on potato and woody. It works properly on potato, it works properly on woody as long as X is not installed or running. Use startx X to the X server and you can no longer switch to another console on woody. > > to map the Ctrl, and Alt keys to mimic mouse buttons 2 and 3 I'll have a > > really useful setup. > > There are two ways to do this, I think: > > 1) support a kernel hack to do this like the Linux/PowerPC people do > 2) configure XKB to do this with its "AccessX" feature, which I don't > yet know how to do > This also worked correctly on potato with X Version 3.3.x, but no longer works on woody. Ray
