Re: 'fixing' tibook keyboard after latest testing upgrade
"David N. Welton" wrote:
> How to get your alt key, keyboard, and mouse emulation working on a
> tibook with woody, under Debian GNU/Linux PPC.
>
> In your yaboot.conf, add a similar line:
>
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.4
> label=stable
> root=/dev/hda12
> append="keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> partition=12
> read-only
>
> Be sure to run ybin.
This should only be a precaution though. The real solution is to build kernels
with CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES=n .
> Also, edit
>
> /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
>
> So that it has
>
> keycode 125 = Alt
>
> This sets up the apple key to be Alt.
Why not just choose an Apple USB variant? (Granted, some people want to 'fix'
those as well ;)
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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