On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:09PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 01:34:25PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > > Nope. If I upgrade to the most recent kernel-image-2.2.19-pmac (I think > > 2.2.19-3.1), ADB keycodes are totally disabled. IMHO, this lack of > > choice should be considered a bug. > > well its not. and its NOT changing.
Ethan. TAKE A PILL. > > Here's a possible way out: enable ADB keycodes in the new kernel, so the > > keycodes are selectable via the /proc file. Then put an entry in > > /etc/sysctl.conf something like > > dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1. (Can we do this for pmac > > only?) So new installs get linux keycodes, and upgrades get to have a > > real choice, which is documented in the upgrade notes. Adam, I don't want to go down the route of using sysctl.conf for this; it's supposed to be local admin only. Would it be worthwhile to make ADB keycodes be available, and not default? Is there ANY reason not to do this? It's a relatively straightforward kernel patch. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
