Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Don't think so. Search for information about Linux keycodes, e.g in this > > list's archive. > > Thanks for pointing out what the magic words to search for are, but > I still contend it's a problem. It sure is. But it's a problem we cannot avoid. We're midway through the transition from ADB ke

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-15 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, The Doctor What wrote: > You know, I actually did that. I have no idea what I was thinking > when I turned on CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYS. I think I probably read the > description and saw it could be turned off via a /proc control > > Of course, you had to be able to login firs

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-15 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, > > Anyone using the distribution kernels shouldn't need to care > > anymore. If you build your own kernels, you need to know what > > you're doing. > > Ah, but *every* document for installing Debian on an iBook says > [...] you'll need a newer kernel. No need for a `but' here. Reread thos

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-14 Thread The Doctor What
* Colin Walters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020114 18:44]: > On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 18:46, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > Anyone using the distribution kernels shouldn't need to care anymore. If > > you build your own kernels, you need to know what you're doing. > > And if you do build your own kernels, you sho

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-14 Thread The Doctor What
* Michel Dänzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020114 17:46]: > > Thanks for pointing out what the magic words to search for are, but > > I still contend it's a problem. > > You're probably right, thanks for volunteering to solve it once and for > all. :) Heh. I would if I could. But I doubt that I have

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-14 Thread Colin Walters
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 18:46, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Anyone using the distribution kernels shouldn't need to care anymore. If > you build your own kernels, you need to know what you're doing. And if you do build your own kernels, you should copy the kernel config file from /boot/config-VERSION to .

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 00:24, The Doctor What wrote: > * Michel Dänzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020114 17:03]: > > On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 23:44, The Doctor What wrote: > > Don't think so. Search for information about Linux keycodes, e.g in this > > list's archive. > > Thanks for pointing out what the ma

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-14 Thread The Doctor What
* Michel Dänzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020114 17:03]: > On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 23:44, The Doctor What wrote: > Don't think so. Search for information about Linux keycodes, e.g in this > list's archive. Thanks for pointing out what the magic words to search for are, but I still contend it's a problem.

Re: Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 23:44, The Doctor What wrote: > With Ben H's patches (from Debian or otherwise), the keyboard is > *totaled*. All the keycodes are renumbered. A is 0, which doesn't > show up in dumpkeys (is that a bug?). Don't think so. Search for information about Linux keycodes, e.g in

Keyboards on PowerPC....

2002-01-14 Thread The Doctor What
Can someone explain why the keyboards are so foo-bar'ed in linux PowerPC? I mean, even with the out of box 2.2.19 debian kernel, some keys are dead (Caps Lock) to the kernel. With Ben H's patches (from Debian or otherwise), the keyboard is *totaled*. All the keycodes are renumbered. A is 0, whi