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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 ;)


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)    \   Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast   \        XFree86 and DRI project member



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