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...

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