Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-21 Thread intrigeri
Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:05:39AM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote: >> >> hi. i've just installed sid on a new ibook G4 12''. i wanted to use >> ctrl:nocaps in my XFree86 config, but the caps_lock key reports a >> 'release key' event immediately after p

Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-12 Thread Jesus Climent
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 01:14:01AM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote: > > hi again. just a quick note to let you know that the patch Jesus sent > works like a charm with kernel 2.6.9. thanks again. > > oh, and while i'm at it: next problem :) i've compiled the kernel with > support for three-butto

Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-11 Thread Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
hi again. just a quick note to let you know that the patch Jesus sent works like a charm with kernel 2.6.9. thanks again. oh, and while i'm at it: next problem :) i've compiled the kernel with support for three-button mouse emulation via sysctl. that is, i put dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode=

Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-11 Thread Jesus Climent
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 02:25:47PM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote: > > hm. i see you guys are very fond of 'unofficial' patches: how do you > manage them? i guess there're debian tools for that, right? is there > some sort of 'patch archive' other than the mailing list archives? or > a debian pa

Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-11 Thread Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
thanks a lot for your (and the other posters') feedback: i'll try this patch later tonight... i see it's for 2.6.7, i'll try to adapt it to 2.6.9 (if needed). hm. i see you guys are very fond of 'unofficial' patches: how do you manage them? i guess there're debian tools for that, right? is there

Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-11 Thread Jesus Climent
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:05:39AM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote: > > hi. i've just installed sid on a new ibook G4 12''. i wanted to use > ctrl:nocaps in my XFree86 config, but the caps_lock key reports a > 'release key' event immediately after pressing it (without actually > releasing it) and

Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-10 Thread Cedric Pradalier
According to Graham Wilson, on Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:35:35 -0600, >On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:05:39AM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote: >> hi. i've just installed sid on a new ibook G4 12''. i wanted to use >> ctrl:nocaps in my XFree86 config, but the caps_lock key reports a >> 'release key' event i

Re: using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-10 Thread Graham Wilson
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:05:39AM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote: > hi. i've just installed sid on a new ibook G4 12''. i wanted to use > ctrl:nocaps in my XFree86 config, but the caps_lock key reports a > 'release key' event immediately after pressing it (without actually > releasing it) and, w

using caps_lock as control in iBook G4

2004-11-10 Thread Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
hi. i've just installed sid on a new ibook G4 12''. i wanted to use ctrl:nocaps in my XFree86 config, but the caps_lock key reports a 'release key' event immediately after pressing it (without actually releasing it) and, well, it doesn't work... is there any workaround? thanks! jao -- Most men p