On Thursday 18 November 2004 11:00 am, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > Hi All > > Titanium IV here. > console-tools: Installed: 1:0.2.3dbs-55 > > I'm trying to change the keyboard map on console: I have to know the > appropriate keycodes for that ... > The problem is the keycodes shown by "showkey --keymap" differ heavily > from those in my current /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. The latter works > a bit lousy, but at least I get the most important keys with it ... > > E.g. when when I do a > showkey --keymap > I get a "keycode 51 press" when I press "3" ... this differs from what I > have in > /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz: the latter says "three" has "keycode > 4": > -------------------------- > keycode 4 = three section threesuperior Escape > Escape alt keycode 4 = Meta_three > shift altgr alt keycode 4 = Meta_Escape > control alt keycode 4 = Meta_Escape > ------------------------------------------ > > What did I miss? Or does this seem to be a "showkey" bug? > > Best Regards > Wolfgang > -- > Wolfgang Pfeiffer gpg ID: 0AA7E825 > Profile, links: http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer
I know showkey is buggy in some releases. I had the problem that it showed me only char codes...try older/newer version...it could do the trick!
