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(resend, mistakenly left out the list cc the first time...) On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 18:15 -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > Jarod Wilson wrote: > > Most laptops, switching from 'us' or 'pc105' to 'us+inet' or 'pc105 > > +inet' will enable the bulk of additional keys. > > Inet or international? I didn't see any inet option. inet. For example: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105+inet" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection I'm reasonably sure it used to be '"XkbLayout" "us+inet"', but appears the new hotness is to keep layout as 'us', but set the model to "pc105 +inet", since its really a more accurate way to describe it (I guess). > > If not, it could be some goofy keys that require special handling in > > ACPI (which isn't uncommon). > > You mean like a key normally intended to control the sleep/wake state of > the machine? Those, vol+/-, web browser back/forward/reload, pause, play, etc. > No, I don't think that's applicable to the keys I'm > interested in. They are located next to the arrow keys, one having a > Euro symbol on it, and the other a dollar sign. I've never seen such > keys on a keyboard before, and I have no idea why you'd want such keys > next to the arrow keys (I could see them being useful as part of the > number pad). Yeah, okay, I've got no clue on those ones... > It feels like I need to go a layer down to see what's going on. Is there > a tool that will let me see the raw keyboard data from the kernel > outside of X? Maybe a /proc or /sys file that can be viewed? I saw the > showkey command, but it looks like it operates at a layer after keymaps, > which won't help if it is the mapping that is the problem. Hrm... Does xev help shed any light at all? If its a usb-connected keyboard, might be possible to get some info out of the hidraw driver too... (grasping at straws. ;) -- Jarod Wilson jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
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