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Bug#266274: xserver-xfree86: Backslash key doesn't work when using evdev keyboard driver.



retitle 266274 xserver-xfree86: [kbd] backslash key doesn't work with xfree86/pc105/gb XKB configuration
tag 266274 + upstream patch
thanks

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:47:15PM +0100, Timothy Baldwin wrote:
> > Does the key work with the "keyboard" driver?  Your configuration otherwise
> > looks okay (xfree86/pc105/gb).
> 
> Yes, it does.

Definitely a kbd-driver-specific problem.

> > Also, can you tell me what this "Dev Phys" option is?  It's not documented
> > in kbd(4x).  (I have to admit I don't know much about the new kbd driver,
> > nor evdev, yet.)
> 
> It specifies which keyboard the driver should use.
> 
> See http://people.debian.org/~warp/evdev/readme and  
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/tweak_input_devs-xev1.html 
> for documentation, the patches are included in the package.
> 
> I have managed fix this myself, see attached patch.

Thanks!

Do you know what the "102ND" code is supposed to do?

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