Re: query about non-functional keys

[provinsd@telusplanet.net (Dean Allen Provins)]

Helge and Thomas:

Thanks for the prompt replies.

I'll be in to the University again on Wednesday, and will try the
script early that morning.  With respect to the kernel, it is
"2.4.9-32", which came when I did the Debian install.

The message "HIL: keymap loaded" appears in "dmesg".

I'll report the scan codes on Wednesday.

With respect to ^X, is that a scan code problem too?

I forgot to mention in first post that there is no key repeat.  Is
there something I can do to initiate that?

Thanks again.

Dean

PS:  I have 23 of the 715/75's - some of which are non-functional.  We
hope to build a "cluster" for experimenting.  I know it won't be the
speediest, but it should provide for some good experiments.  I'll keep
you posted on its progress, if you're interested.
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On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 08:32:18PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> Hi Dean, 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> > > I managed to get the first of several 715/75's booted and operational.
> 
> cool !
> 
> > > However, one key does not work correctly, Control-X seems
> > > non-functional, and I'm unsure about getting "gpm" running properly.
> 
> > > The upper left key which the keycap displays as: ~ ` (i.e. shift and
> > > unshifted characters respectively) prints as > < (going from memory, as
> > > I am remotely loged in and it seems to display the characters correctly)
> > > when in console mode.
> 
> Wich kernel are you using ?
> Do you see "HIL: keymap loaded." in your dmesg ? If yes, then you have
> a recent kernel in which I dropped as many changes to simulate a US
> keyboard. Since I only own a german HIL keyboard (which has the keys >,<
> on the upper left key) I thought it is there on the english keyboard too.
> It seems I was wrong.
> 
> If you could provide a correct keyboard mapping (try "showkey", "dumpkey -s" 
> and "loadkeys" as provided in the script attached in Thomas' mail) I can
> patch the kernel to support your keyboard correctly.
> 
> > > If any readers know how to get the keys working properly (the keyboard
> > > is type HIL), or how to correctly configure "gpm", I would be
> > > grateful.
> 
> HIL mices aren't supported yet. So, gpm can't work either.
> But you could attach an "old" serial mouse to the serial port and use that
> instead until we have a working HIL-mouse driver.
> 
> Greetings,
> Helge

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