Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:37:42 +0100 From: Patrick =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Lamaizi=E8re?= <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: carnage <carnagewashere@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Determining scancodes for obscure keyboard to modify keymap Message-ID: <20090224233742.6601b7d5@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net> In-Reply-To: <93e00050902241328x6867e315vd7c3b63c46d685c0@mail.gmail.com> References: <93e00050902241328x6867e315vd7c3b63c46d685c0@mail.gmail.com>
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Le Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:28:54 -0700,
carnage <carnagewashere@gmail.com>:
> I'm wondering how to go about determining the scancodes for keys on
> keypress.
>
> I am looking to remap an apple usb keyboard (a1048). It has F13-16, 3
> volume control keys and an eject key but no scroll lock, num lock,
> pause/break, etc. I'm wondering how I would go about changing some
> of these not so useful keys into useful keys.
>
> The keymap files in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps seem easy enough to
> modify but I am unsure of how to determine what the scancodes
> associated with the actual keys on keypress are.
I asked for this some times ago without any reply. Finally I added some
printf in the kbd driver. I don't remember exactly where, I think it was
in the function genkbd_keyaction() in kdb.c (something like printf("%i
- ", keycode)
That's ugly... Is there a better way to get the scancode?
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