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Date:      Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:20:19 -0700
From:      Israel Jacques <mrkotfw@gmail.com>
To:        Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dell USB keyboard
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None whatsoever. It could also be because the ports are legacy USB ports.

I'm stumped. What other options do I have?


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Henry Hu<henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any key event when you press the multimedia keys in the xev wind=
ow?
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Israel Jacques<mrkotfw@gmail.com> wrote=
:
>> Hello.
>> Yeah, I'm starting to see that. Well, It's a good thing. At least
>> there is a difference between the volume knob and the keyboard. Maybe
>> usbhidctl isn't what I need since I receive no output.
>>
>> I use Openbox as my WM. Using xev with or without LinEAK still
>> produces no results.
>>
>> I just tried running lineakd and no go. The keyboard is indeed
>> supported by LinEAK, but I get no output. At first, I was getting Xlib
>> errors but after restarting it stopped.
>>
>> This is very odd.
>>
>> I did try:
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 "Keyboard"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "kbd"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "XkbLayout" "dvor=
ak,us"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "XkbOptions" "grp=
:alt_caps_toggle"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "XkbModel" "pc104=
"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "XkbRules" "dells=
k8125"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "CustomKeycodes" =
"False"
>> EndSection
>>
>> The settings above gets me:
>> (**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
>> (**) Keyboard: always reports core events
>> (**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
>> (**) Keyboard: Protocol: standard
>> (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
>> (**) Option "XkbRules" "dellsk8125"
>> (**) Keyboard: XkbRules: "dellsk8125"
>> (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
>> (**) Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104"
>> (**) Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak,us"
>> (**) Keyboard: XkbLayout: "dvorak,us"
>> (**) Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_caps_toggle"
>> (**) Keyboard: XkbOptions: "grp:alt_caps_toggle"
>> (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "False"
>> (**) Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
>> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
>> (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/dellsk=
8125
>> (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Keyboard
>> (WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
>>
>> Apparently I don't know what device X.org is using. I tried the
>> following (Option "Device" "/dev/foo" after calling ls /dev/*kbd*):
>> /dev/atkbd0
>> /dev/kbd0
>> /dev/kbd1
>> /dev/kbd2
>> /dev/kbdmux0
>> /dev/ukbd0
>>
>> Which none worked. Could the only solution be to use a USB to PS/2
>> adapter or to simply hack away at the ukbd(4) driver?
>>
>> Since X.org doesn't use any of the devices, what could it be using?
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Henry Hu<henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Israel Jacques<mrkotfw@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>>>> Hi Henry.
>>>>
>>>> After about a minute of running: usbhidctl -alrv -f /dev/uhid0 > dump,=
 I get:
>>>> 00000000 =C2=A052 65 70 6f 72 74 20 64 =C2=A065 73 63 72 69 70 74 6f =
=C2=A0|Report descripto|
>>>> 00000010 =C2=A072 3a 0a 54 6f 74 61 6c =C2=A020 20 20 69 6e 70 75 74 =
=C2=A0|r:.Total =C2=A0 input|
>>>> 00000020 =C2=A020 73 69 7a 65 20 30 20 =C2=A062 79 74 65 73 0a 54 6f =
=C2=A0| size 0 bytes.To|
>>>> 00000030 =C2=A074 61 6c 20 20 6f 75 74 =C2=A070 75 74 20 73 69 7a 65 =
=C2=A0|tal =C2=A0output size|
>>>> 00000040 =C2=A020 31 20 62 79 74 65 73 =C2=A00a 54 6f 74 61 6c 20 66 =
=C2=A0| 1 bytes.Total f|
>>>> 00000050 =C2=A065 61 74 75 72 65 20 73 =C2=A069 7a 65 20 31 20 62 79 =
=C2=A0|eature size 1 by|
>>>> 00000060 =C2=A074 65 73 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a =C2=A00a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a =
=C2=A0|tes.............|
>>>> 00000070 =C2=A00a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a =C2=A00a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a =
=C2=A0|................|
>>>> *
>>>> 0b675000
>>>>
>>>> There is an option in the BIOS that allows me to disable BIOS support
>>>> for USB. I'll reboot and report back on whether or not it makes a
>>>> difference.
>>>>
>>>> As with usbhidaction, I'm assuming I would need to be able to get
>>>> output from /dev/uhid0 in order to write a configuration file.
>>>> Correct?
>>>
>>> I'm sorry. After googling more, I find out that most multimedia keys
>>> are sent through the normal keyboard device, it seems like only the
>>> volume control information is sent through other devices.
>>> So if you run xev, and press the multimedia keys, you would see these
>>> keycodes, right?
>>> Which WM are you using? For compiz, you may specify the program to run
>>> in the CCSM. I'm not familiar with metacity, but I know at least you
>>> may specify it in gconf-editor.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Henry Hu<henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Israel Jacques<mrkotfw@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>>>>>> I have the following in my ~/.xmodmaprc:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> keycode 234 =3D XF86Back
>>>>>> keycode 233 =3D XF86Forward
>>>>>> keycode 232 =3D XF86Stop
>>>>>> keycode 231 =3D XF86Refresh
>>>>>> keycode 130 =3D XF86HomePage
>>>>>> keycode 236 =3D XF86Mail
>>>>>> keycode 198 =3D XF86MyComputer
>>>>>> keycode 161 =3D XF86Calculator
>>>>>> keycode 160 =3D XF86AudioMute
>>>>>> keycode 164 =3D XF86AudioStop
>>>>>> keycode 144 =3D XF86AudioPrev
>>>>>> keycode 153 =3D XF86AudioNext
>>>>>> keycode 162 =3D XF86AudioPlay
>>>>>> keycode 129 =3D XF86AudioMedia
>>>>>> keycode 174 =3D XF86AudioLowerVolume
>>>>>> keycode 176 =3D XF86AudioRaiseVolume
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And it doesn't work with my WM.
>>>>> If the messages of the multimedia keys are sent through the uhid
>>>>> device, then you need to write a configuration file for the
>>>>> usbhidaction, specify the keys and corresponding commands, and run
>>>>> usbhidaction when keyboard inserted.
>>>>> Can you see anything when a key is pressed with usbhidctl -alrv -f /d=
ev/uhid0 ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the tip.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far, I ran (as root):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # usbhidctl -anrv -f /dev/uhid0
>>>>>> Report descriptor:
>>>>>> Total =C2=A0 input size 0 bytes
>>>>>> Total =C2=A0output size 1 bytes
>>>>>> Total feature size 1 bytes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Henry Hu<henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Dieter<freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.c=
om> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> My question is, how do I go about writing a userland application =
to
>>>>>>>>> access the extra buttons? Would I have to use ioctl(2) to poll
>>>>>>>>> /dev/ukbd0? I would like to write the userland application in ord=
er to
>>>>>>>>> map them to:
>>>>>>>>> XF86Back
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>> XF86AudioRaiseVolume
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can xmodmap(1) do what you need? =C2=A0Appears to be in ports.
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You might try usbhidaction and usbhidctl on the uhid device.
>>>>>>> Once I was using a microsoft keyboard, and I hacked the programs a
>>>>>>> bit, and wrote a configuration file for usbhidaction, and finally I
>>>>>>> can use the multimedia keys.
>>>>>>> These programs have problems parsing the Report ID field. You might
>>>>>>> have to refer to the HID standard to modify them a bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good luck.
>>>>>>>
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