Re: Detecting a keyboard

[Brad H. <bh...@bi...>]

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On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:26, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
> Thanks.
> I'm working on the new debian-installer. I'm looking at the case of
> having  multiple potential keyboards in a computer, eg. USB & PS/2.
> I want to be able to tell, if possible, what keyboards are attached
> (possible in the USB case), and failing that (eg in the PS2 case)
> if there is a keyboard attached; so that if, eg we spot a keyboard on
> the USB port, we configure that, but is there also a keyboard on the
> PS/2 port ?
You shouldn't care. They will always be mixed together.

> We may need different keymaps on the different keyboards (indeed, this
> might be essential ; one of the few reasons a normal user might have
> multiple keyboards is to have different types)
USB keyboards don't support variable mappings. 

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