On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:58:51 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson disseminated the following:
> > Well, sorta OT--I'm looking to get a keyboard and mouse for my kids > > that are better (ergonomically) than adult-sized keyboards and mice. > > The manufacturer lists Windows or Mac as requirements, but I'm > > assuming that means to run the typing software that comes with it, > > and perhaps to program the programmable mouse buttons. A keyboard and > > mouse shouldn't require drivers, should they? > > > > Todd > > > They normaly don't for the basic functions. It is usualy the special > keys that require a driver. Things like volumn control on the keyboard, > or one button open a specific web site. From what I understand, you can > usualy capture the code these buttons send, and have them do things in > Linux as well. When it comes to mice, defining the extra buttons when > you have 5 buttons and a scroll wheel can be a chalange, but basic mouse > functions usualy isn't. Some useful commands to figger out all those fancy buttons for the keyboard: xev, setxkbmap, xmodmap -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 18:31:03 up 10 days, 21:01, 6 users, load average: 0.35, 0.26, 0.15 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Well, he might as well have been bombing Denmark." -- Gore Vidal, on the bombing of Afghanistan after 9/11
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