Re: Switching to 2.4.12 found ADB keycodes (long)
On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 17:26, Ali Bahar wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 12:49:19PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 00:44, Ali Bahar wrote:
>
> > A kernel which doesn't support ADB keycodes has no choice but to use
> > Linux keycodes.
>
> That's what I assumed. But then how do you explain their apparent
> co-existance in ...
>
>
> > > Also note that running 'dpkg-reconfigure console-data' had no complaints
> > > when I ran it in an ADB kernel (as shown by CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES=y)
> > > with keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1 and an ADB boottime.kmap.gz!
>
> this kernel above? Both ADBKEYCODES and keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes
> were set! I assume that one (ADB?) has taken precedence over the other.
If ADB keycodes are enabled in the kernel config,
keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes is 0 by default, meaning the keyboard
sends ADB keycodes. That's why we recommend disabling ADB keycodes in
the kernel config altogether.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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