Author Topic: Weird Keyboard Problem (Read 6054 times)

desertrat · « **on:** January 10, 2006, 03:54:05 pm »

C3100 / 1.1.0beta1

For some bizarre reason my period key (ie the key for the characters . ? >) stopped working when in the console. In X it works fine.

Any ideas?

-- cheers

0xDEADBEEF · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2006, 05:24:44 pm »

Quote

C3100 / 1.1.0beta1

For some bizarre reason my period key (ie the key for the characters . ? >) stopped working when in the console. In X it works fine.

Any ideas?

-- cheers
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

The same problem exists in rc12 on my C3100.
I think it was already posted in bug database [a href=\"http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=332]http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doactio...owbug&bugid=332[/url]

It is quite annoying.

plcg · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2006, 01:26:21 am »

Quote

Quote
C3100 / 1.1.0beta1

For some bizarre reason my period key (ie the key for the characters . ? >) stopped working when in the console. In X it works fine.

Any ideas?

-- cheers
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

The same problem exists in rc12 on my C3100.
I think it was already posted in bug database [a href=\"http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=332]http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doactio...owbug&bugid=332[/url]

It is quite annoying.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=110341\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Hi,

Can you tell us what's in the file "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map" ?
Thanks.

It happened to me this morning and i replaced this file by the one i saved just after i reflashed one week before.
And now, my "period" and "right shift" work !
Something changed this file but what ?

plcg

desertrat · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2006, 03:40:15 am »

Quote

Can you tell us what's in the file "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map" ?

It happened to me this morning and i replaced this file by the one i saved just after i reflashed one week before.
And now, my "period" and "right shift" work !
Something changed this file but what ?

Yep my right shift button has no effect either (in both console and X). OK contents of my /etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map

Code: [Select]

keycode 65 = Tab
        alt     keycode 65 = Caps_Lock
        shift   keycode 65 = Caps_Lock
        control keycode 65 = Caps_Lock
keycode 27 = Shift
keycode 30 = Alt
keycode 88 = Control
keycode 89 = Alt
keycode 90 = nul
keycode 40 = nul
keycode 121 = nul
keycode 122 = nul
keycode 103 = Shift

grepping the ipkg *.list files I see only one package which claims responsibility for that file, vendor-tweaks. I dissected that package and its kernel.map contains:

Code: [Select]

keycode 65 = Tab
    alt     keycode 65 = Caps_Lock
    shift   keycode 65 = Caps_Lock
    control keycode 65 = Caps_Lock
keycode 27 = Shift
keycode 89 = Alt
keycode 88 = Control
keycode 112 = Shift

So I replaced my kernel.map with that then did:

Code: [Select]

/usr/bin/loadkeys /etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map
Now my right shift works but the period key is still non-functioning. Then I remembered that I had made a backup of /etc when I upgraded from rc12 to 1.1.0beta1. But it turns out that the kernel.map is just the same as from the vendor-tweaks package.

So basically now I am using the same kernel.map as I had been doing under rc12, but why isn't the keyboard functioning the same? BTW as you apparently have a working kernel.map please post contents

-- cheers

desertrat · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2006, 03:49:15 am »

Quote

So basically now I am using the same kernel.map as I had been doing under rc12, but why isn't the keyboard functioning the same? BTW as you apparently have a working kernel.map please post contents

OK scratch that. I did a windoze and rebooted, now the period key works

But I'm still curious to know why the "/usr/bin/loadkeys /etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map" didn't restore keyboard and I had to reboot.

-- cheers

plcg · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2006, 08:09:56 am »

Quote

Quote
So basically now I am using the same kernel.map as I had been doing under rc12, but why isn't the keyboard functioning the same? BTW as you apparently have a working kernel.map please post contents

OK scratch that. I did a windoze and rebooted, now the period key works

But I'm still curious to know why the "/usr/bin/loadkeys /etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map" didn't restore keyboard and I had to reboot.

-- cheers
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=110387\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Ooops, I forgot to tell you that...
I don't know either why loadkeys doesn't work.

Now, I want to find which software modifies "kernel.map" !

plcg

0xDEADBEEF · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2006, 03:25:55 pm »

Quote

Code: [Select]
keycode 65 = Tab alt keycode 65 = Caps_Lock shift keycode 65 = Caps_Lock control keycode 65 = Caps_Lock keycode 27 = Shift keycode 89 = Alt keycode 88 = Control keycode 112 = Shift

I replaced my kernel.map with this map, rebooted and keyboard works fine now.
Thank you!

Now we have to figure out what breaks the keyboard map.

plcg · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2006, 03:57:16 pm »

Quote

Quote
Code: [Select]
keycode 65 = Tab alt keycode 65 = Caps_Lock shift keycode 65 = Caps_Lock control keycode 65 = Caps_Lock keycode 27 = Shift keycode 89 = Alt keycode 88 = Control keycode 112 = Shift

I replaced my kernel.map with this map, rebooted and keyboard works fine now.
Thank you!

Now we have to figure out what breaks the keyboard map.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=110523\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

I've found it !
It's "Input setup" that breaks this map.
I simply changed my configuration of "Right mouse" and kernel.map has been modified.

plcg

desertrat · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2006, 04:04:05 pm »

Quote

I've found it !
It's "Input setup" that breaks this map.
I simply changed my configuration of "Right mouse" and kernel.map has been modified.

Good work. No doubt you filed an official bug report

I was fiddling about with "Input setup" under Matchbox yesterday, trying to get the silkscreen buttons (to no avail). So that's what broke my keyboard.

-- cheers

desertrat · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2006, 04:08:09 pm »

Quote

I don't know either why loadkeys doesn't work.

According to "man loadkeys":

The option -s (or --clearstrings ) clears the kernel string table. If this option is not given, loadkeys will only add or replace strings, not remove them. (Thus, the option -s is required to reach a well-defined state.)

-- cheers

plcg · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2006, 04:28:52 pm »

Quote

Good work. No doubt you filed an official bug report
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=110534\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Done

km2783 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2006, 11:00:22 am »

Quote

Quote
Quote
Code: [Select]
keycode 65 = Tab Â Â alt Â Â keycode 65 = Caps_Lock Â Â shift Â keycode 65 = Caps_Lock Â Â control keycode 65 = Caps_Lock keycode 27 = Shift keycode 89 = Alt keycode 88 = Control keycode 112 = Shift

I replaced my kernel.map with this map, rebooted and keyboard works fine now.
Thank you!

Now we have to figure out what breaks the keyboard map.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=110523\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
I've found it !
It's "Input setup" that breaks this map.
I simply changed my configuration of "Right mouse" and kernel.map has been modified.

plcg
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=110532\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Hmm, I think that is what "broke" mine too, but changing right mouse to something else didn't get my Right Shift back. My period works, though. I did edit my kernel.map file to enable R-Shift to work again, though It is almost like you can tell it to remap R-Mouse to R-Shift, but nothing tells it to change R-Shift back to it's original function when/if you change R-Mouse.

**edit** I just used Input Settings, set R-Mouse to R-Shift, and it closed X, I started X again, opened AbiWord, and R-Shift worked Also, kernel.map now shows keycode 103 to shift on the last line (instead of 112 like above), but R-Shift still works

km2783 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2006, 01:56:35 pm »

My period key just crapped out, X was not running when I noticed it. I was wanting to cat /etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map and I couldn't type the period, though R-Shift still worked. A reboot fixed this. I would make a bug report, but like I said, there is one, and I can't figure out how to duplicate the cursed problem, though I am trying If I can, I'll post a new bug report to pdaXrom with what I manage.

km2783 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2006, 02:24:15 pm »

typing up a bug report, now. I can duplicate the period key ceasing to function, and the fix.

Under X, I go to System Tools, then Input Setup. Change Right Mouse Button to R Shift, then select Okay and exit. Restart X.

But then you decide you want to use R Shift to type Caps, like I did, because it is awkward to use L Shift all the time. Well, you go back, you change it to the Fn it was defaulted at. Exit X and save. Oh noes! The period key doesn't work anymore!

To fix it, I started X again, opened kernel.map in SciTE, changed the last line to read keycode 112=Shift, saved it, exited X, and reboot. Then the period works again

Crap, I forgot to add to the report that I use the SL-C3100 It is Bug Report #357

MarcusKracht · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2006, 04:08:34 pm »

I have the same problem without tampering with the keymap. Can someone be
so kind to tell me what to do now? As far as I can see it is a matter of changing
the content of /etc/sysconfig/keyboard/kernel.map and rebooting. What should
be in this file to get a good result?

-- Marcus

News:

Author Topic: Weird Keyboard Problem (Read 6054 times)