Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread gt
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:47 AM, André Ramaciotti < andre.ramacio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've found something interestingly weird. The output of ls -lh > /dev/input/by-id shows that this keyboard has three /dev/input entries: > /dev/input/event14, /dev/input/event15 and /dev/input/js0 (?) . Even

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread André Ramaciotti
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Celti wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 17:32, André Ramaciotti > wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Andre Ramaciotti < > > andre.ramacio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Celti writes: > >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:38, Andre Ramaciotti > >> > wrot

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Celti
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 17:32, André Ramaciotti wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Andre Ramaciotti < > andre.ramacio...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Celti writes: >> >> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:38, Andre Ramaciotti >> > wrote: >> >> Celti writes: >> >> >> >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:23

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread André Ramaciotti
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Andre Ramaciotti < andre.ramacio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Celti writes: > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:38, Andre Ramaciotti > > wrote: > >> Celti writes: > >> > >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:23, Celti wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:19, Andre Ramaciot

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Andre Ramaciotti
Celti writes: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:38, Andre Ramaciotti > wrote: >> Celti writes: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:23, Celti wrote: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:19, Andre Ramaciotti wrote: > Daenyth Blank writes: >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:34, Andre Ramaciotti >>>

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Celti
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:38, Andre Ramaciotti wrote: > Celti writes: > >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:23, Celti wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:19, Andre Ramaciotti >>> wrote: Daenyth Blank writes: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:34, Andre Ramaciotti > wrote: >> as in "th

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Andre Ramaciotti
Celti writes: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:23, Celti wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:19, Andre Ramaciotti >> wrote: >>> Daenyth Blank writes: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:34, Andre Ramaciotti wrote: > as in "they don't show any keycode > on 'xev' or 'showkey'".

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Andre Ramaciotti
Celti writes: > Likely they don't have a kernel mapping, so X doesn't even see them. > You'll need to get their scancodes with `showkeys`, and map them to > keycodes with `setkeycodes`, while out of X. > > ~celti As I said, they don't show a keycode on 'showkeys'. I think I need a hack at a lower

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Celti
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:23, Celti wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:19, Andre Ramaciotti > wrote: >> Daenyth Blank writes: >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:34, Andre Ramaciotti >>> wrote: as in "they don't show any keycode on 'xev' or 'showkey'". >>> >>> It sounds like those keys a

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Celti
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:19, Andre Ramaciotti wrote: > Daenyth Blank writes: >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:34, Andre Ramaciotti >> wrote: >>> as in "they don't show any keycode >>> on 'xev' or 'showkey'". >> >> It sounds like those keys are broken. It should be sending something. Is it >> old

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Andre Ramaciotti
Daenyth Blank writes: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:34, Andre Ramaciotti > wrote: >> as in "they don't show any keycode >> on 'xev' or 'showkey'". > > It sounds like those keys are broken. It should be sending something. Is it > old? It's barely used. I don't think the keys are broken, most pro

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Daenyth Blank
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:34, Andre Ramaciotti wrote: > as in "they don't show any keycode > on 'xev' or 'showkey'". It sounds like those keys are broken. It should be sending something. Is it old?

[arch-general] Microsoft keyboard and unworking keys

2010-02-24 Thread Andre Ramaciotti
Hi all, I have a Microsoft keyboard (*hides*) and some of its multimedia keys don't work (most of them do, though), as in "they don't show any keycode on 'xev' or 'showkey'". I don't really think I'll get them to work, but I'll ask anyway: is there any hack to make them work? It's a Digital Media