-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 21 May 2003 03:28 am, Torbjorn Pettersson wrote: > Niels Heinemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > --=.2M8W71FU8JmF8G > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > howdy. > > > > Torbjorn Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All toshiba keyboards, but for one I used 5 years ago, have > > > been "broken". > > > > i wrote of it - but in my portege 4010 it seems to be fixed. it's > > about a half year old. but if you recognize that behavior ... > > > > > There is a small patch for pc_keyb.c in the kernel floating > > > around which fixes this > > > > ... xkbset does the job too. there are various howtos, see > > linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/ > > Note that: > 1) It is not in debian/stable > 2) It s an X program, so there is still the console > > Sure, the problem is fixable, but my gripe with it is that if I > were paying out of my own pocket for a laptop, I would choose a > product that I didn't need to hack to get basic functionality, > like working keyboard, out of, unless it had very significant > advantages in some other regard.
This is *really* interesting. My buddy just picked up a Toshiba and installed Libranet on it. It works very well, but this keyboard issue is driving him mad. I have never seen it, but he reports that he has a very hard time doing email and things like that since the keys spaz out. My question is where is that keyboard hack? Where is the x program that could possibly solve this issue? I would like to help him fix it so he can use it more in Linux than that other OS. ;) Right now, with xfree86 4.3 I have: xkb[tab tab]: xkbbell xkbcomp xkbevd xkbprint xkbvleds xkbwatch BTW, the components that were included in this laptop were all supported out of the box by Linux. The cdrw/dvd-rw, sound chip, lan, Nvidia video. These laptops are very nice. All this, and the store gave him $100 instant coupon, $100 rebate (instore), and a free printer. It's hard to knock these units with all the nice things that are now included. Thank you. - -- Jaye Inabnit<ARS ke6sls>A Debian-Gnu/Linux user If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: My key available from www.keyserver.net iD8DBQE+y6WvZHBxKsta6kMRAsGXAKDHuyioBlEGHAU2MriYos7i67BYVQCgrdMT 9RoStWITcIhMRqnE+Nj+5oI= =Z/Bh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
