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X and Evdev (and keycodes greater than 255)

[Micah F. G. <mfg...@uw...>]

Hello again,

Does anyone know what the status of X is WRT to events with keycodes
greater than 255 is?  I've had a look at some of the patches, but they
dont do anything that the other (old) keyboard interface does.

I would really like the channel up/down buttons to work with X, so if
any one would like to give me a nudge in the right direction, or refer
me to the appropriate authorities, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks
--=20
Micah F. Galizia
mfg...@uw...

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Re: X and Evdev (and keycodes greater than 255)

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:

> Hello again,
> 
> Does anyone know what the status of X is WRT to
> events with keycodes
> greater than 255 is?  I've had a look at some of the
> patches, but they
> dont do anything that the other (old) keyboard
> interface does.
> 
> I would really like the channel up/down buttons to
> work with X, so if
> any one would like to give me a nudge in the right
> direction, or refer
> me to the appropriate authorities, I'd appreciate
> it.
> 

What version?





		
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Re: X and Evdev (and keycodes greater than 255)

[Micah F. G. <mfg...@uw...>]

On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 04:52 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> --- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:
>=20
> > Hello again,
> >=20
> > Does anyone know what the status of X is WRT to
> > events with keycodes
> > greater than 255 is?  I've had a look at some of the
> > patches, but they
> > dont do anything that the other (old) keyboard
> > interface does.
> >=20
> > I would really like the channel up/down buttons to
> > work with X, so if
> > any one would like to give me a nudge in the right
> > direction, or refer
> > me to the appropriate authorities, I'd appreciate
> > it.
> >=20
>=20
> What version?
>=20

XOrg? 6.8.2.
--=20
Micah F. Galizia
mfg...@uw...

"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die
nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is
that he wants to live humbly for one."   --W. Stekel

Re: X and Evdev (and keycodes greater than 255)

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 04:52 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom
> wrote:
> > --- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello again,
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know what the status of X is WRT to
> > > events with keycodes
> > > greater than 255 is?  I've had a look at some of
> the
> > > patches, but they
> > > dont do anything that the other (old) keyboard
> > > interface does.
> > > 
> > > I would really like the channel up/down buttons
> to
> > > work with X, so if
> > > any one would like to give me a nudge in the
> right
> > > direction, or refer
> > > me to the appropriate authorities, I'd
> appreciate
> > > it.
> > > 
> > 
> > What version?
> > 
> 
> XOrg? 6.8.2.

No, Ruby. My experience is that different versions of
Ruby handle keycodes differently. E.g Did you try this
on 2.6.9 or 2.6.10?







		
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Re: X and Evdev (and keycodes greater than 255)

[Micah F. G. <mfg...@uw...>]

On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 08:23 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>=20
> --- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:
>=20
> > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 04:52 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom
> > wrote:
> > > --- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:
> > >=20
> > > > Hello again,
> > > >=20
> > > > Does anyone know what the status of X is WRT to
> > > > events with keycodes
> > > > greater than 255 is?  I've had a look at some of
> > the
> > > > patches, but they
> > > > dont do anything that the other (old) keyboard
> > > > interface does.
> > > >=20
> > > > I would really like the channel up/down buttons
> > to
> > > > work with X, so if
> > > > any one would like to give me a nudge in the
> > right
> > > > direction, or refer
> > > > me to the appropriate authorities, I'd
> > appreciate
> > > > it.
> > > >=20
> > >=20
> > > What version?
> > >=20
> >=20
> > XOrg? 6.8.2.
>=20
> No, Ruby. My experience is that different versions of
> Ruby handle keycodes differently. E.g Did you try this
> on 2.6.9 or 2.6.10?

Ah, my current kernel version is 2.6.12.2, but its been a problem for as
long as I can remember (2.6.9ish).  I have never actually used the
source in ruby (out of CVS); just a stable kernel release.
--=20
Micah Galizia
mfg...@uw...

"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause,
while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for
one."   --W. Stekel

Re: X and Evdev (and keycodes greater than 255)

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 08:23 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom
> wrote:
> > 
> > --- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 04:52 -0700, Hugo
> Vanwoerkom
> > > wrote:
> > > > --- "Micah F. Galizia" <mfg...@uw...>
> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Hello again,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Does anyone know what the status of X is WRT
> to
> > > > > events with keycodes
> > > > > greater than 255 is?  I've had a look at
> some of
> > > the
> > > > > patches, but they
> > > > > dont do anything that the other (old)
> keyboard
> > > > > interface does.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I would really like the channel up/down
> buttons
> > > to
> > > > > work with X, so if
> > > > > any one would like to give me a nudge in the
> > > right
> > > > > direction, or refer
> > > > > me to the appropriate authorities, I'd
> > > appreciate
> > > > > it.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > What version?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > XOrg? 6.8.2.
> > 
> > No, Ruby. My experience is that different versions
> of
> > Ruby handle keycodes differently. E.g Did you try
> this
> > on 2.6.9 or 2.6.10?
> 
> Ah, my current kernel version is 2.6.12.2, but its
> been a problem for as
> long as I can remember (2.6.9ish).  I have never
> actually used the
> source in ruby (out of CVS); just a stable kernel
> release.
> 

I don't use keycodes > 255, but keycodes in general in
my experience are OK up to and including Ruby 2.6.10
and give back garbage in Ruby beyond that.

I posted this on this list.

Regards,

Hugo













		
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