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diff -up kbd-1.15.2/man/man1/showkey.1.orig kbd-1.15.2/man/man1/showkey.1
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--- kbd-1.15.2/docs/man/man1/showkey.1.orig 2009-10-09 17:26:13.000000000 +0200
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+++ kbd-1.15.2/docs/man/man1/showkey.1 2011-01-05 12:45:25.726030798 +0100
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2009-01-08 14:46:00 +00:00
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@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ corresponds to what the keyboard hardwar
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to know the scan codes sent by various keys it is better to boot a
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2.4 kernel. Since 2.6.9 there also is the boot option atkbd.softraw=0
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that tells the 2.6 kernel to return the actual scan codes.
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2006-12-07 17:12:31 +00:00
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+
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+.SH NOTES
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+The raw scan codes are available only on AT and PS/2 keyboards,
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+and even then they are disabled unless the
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+.B atkbd.softraw=0
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+kernel parameter is used.
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+When the raw scan codes are not available, the kernel uses a fixed built-in
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+table to produce scan codes from keycodes. Thus,
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+.BR setkeycodes (8)
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+can affect the output of
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+.B showkey
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+in scan code dump mode.
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+
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR loadkeys (1),
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.BR dumpkeys (1),
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2011-01-05 13:40:22 +00:00
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diff -up kbd-1.15.2/man/man8/setkeycodes.8.orig kbd-1.15.2/man/man8/setkeycodes.8
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--- kbd-1.15.2/docs/man/man8/setkeycodes.8.orig 2009-10-09 17:26:13.000000000 +0200
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+++ kbd-1.15.2/docs/man/man8/setkeycodes.8 2011-01-05 12:47:46.894739942 +0100
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2011-01-05 13:40:22 +00:00
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@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ to showkey(1), the command
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.RE
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2006-12-07 17:12:31 +00:00
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will assign the keycode 112 to it, and then loadkeys(1) can be used
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to define the function of this key.
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2011-01-05 13:40:22 +00:00
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+
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2006-12-07 17:12:31 +00:00
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+USB keyboards have standardized keycodes and
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+.B setkeycodes
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+doesn't affect them at all.
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.LP
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Some older kernels might hardwire a low scancode range to the
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equivalent keycodes; setkeycodes will fail when you try to remap
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@@ -56,6 +60,14 @@ None.
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2006-12-07 17:12:31 +00:00
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.SH BUGS
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The keycodes of X have nothing to do with those of Linux.
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Unusual keys can be made visible under Linux, but not under X.
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+
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+.B setkeycodes
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+affects only the "first" input device
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+that has modifiable scancode-to-keycode mapping.
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+If there is more than one such device,
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+.B setkeycodes
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+cannot change the mapping of other devices than the "first" one.
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+
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.I "dumpkeys (1), loadkeys (1), showkey (1), getkeycodes (8)"
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