just in case anyone is interested: there actually IS a way to swap capslock and ctrl. use one of the attached kernel patches depending on your kernel version. these fix the adb weirdness about sending key up and down events. i didn't come up with this myself (i only did the 2.6 "port") so credits go out to the guy (or girl?) who did this.
for 2.4 kernels use this:
--snip--
--- drivers/macintosh/adbhid.c.orig Mon Aug 27 21:28:19 2001
+++ drivers/macintosh/adbhid.c Tue Aug 28 22:05:33 2001
@@ -139,14 +139,46 @@
{
int up_flag;
+#if 1
+ static int caps_lock_down = 0;
+#endif
+
+#if 1
+ if (1) {
+ /* HACK to fix caps-lock on Powerbook(?) keyboards */
+ switch (keycode) {
+ case 0x39:
+ caps_lock_down = 1;
+ break;
+ case 0xff:
+ if (caps_lock_down) {
+ /* 'caps-lock' is down, must be
+ * 'caps-lock' being released
+ */
+ caps_lock_down = 0;
+ keycode = 0xb9;
+ } else {
+ /* must be 'caps-lock' being pressed
+ */
+ keycode = 0x39;
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
up_flag = (keycode & 0x80);
keycode &= 0x7f;
switch (keycode) {
case 0x39: /* Generate down/up events for CapsLock everytime. */
+if (0) {
input_report_key(&adbhid[id]->input, KEY_CAPSLOCK, 1);
input_report_key(&adbhid[id]->input, KEY_CAPSLOCK, 0);
return;
+} else {
+ break;
+}
case 0x3f: /* ignore Powerbook Fn key */
return;
}
--snap--
and for 2.6 kernels use this:
--snip--
*** adbhid_old.c Sun Dec 28 22:29:14 2003
--- adbhid.c Sun Dec 28 22:36:47 2003
***************
*** 167,182 ****
--- 167,215 ----
struct adbhid *ahid = adbhid[id];
int up_flag;
+ #if 1
+ static int caps_lock_down = 0;
+ #endif
+
+ #if 1
+ if (1) {
+ /* HACK to fix caps-lock on Powerbook(?) keyboards */
+ switch (keycode) {
+ case 0x39:
+ caps_lock_down = 1;
+ break;
+ case 0xff:
+ if (caps_lock_down) {
+ /* 'caps-lock' is down, must be
+ * 'caps-lock' being released
+ */
+ caps_lock_down = 0;
+ keycode = 0xb9;
+ } else {
+ /* must be 'caps-lock' being pressed
+ */
+ keycode = 0x39;
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ #endif
+
+
up_flag = (keycode & 0x80);
keycode &= 0x7f;
switch (keycode) {
case ADB_KEY_CAPSLOCK: /* Generate down/up events for CapsLock
everytime. */
+ if (0) {
input_regs(&ahid->input, regs);
input_report_key(&ahid->input, KEY_CAPSLOCK, 1);
input_report_key(&ahid->input, KEY_CAPSLOCK, 0);
input_sync(&ahid->input);
return;
+ } else {
+ break;
+ }
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PMAC
case ADB_KEY_POWER_OLD: /* Power key on PBook 3400 needs
remapping */
switch(pmac_call_feature(PMAC_FTR_GET_MB_INFO,
--snap--
hth,
ali.
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