Re: Problem with multimedia keys with a remote.

[Demelier David <markand%malikania.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:53:31 -0400, "Steven M. Bellovin"
<smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:45:08 +0200
> Demelier David <markand%malikania.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> Hi netbsd-users@
>> 
>> I just bought a new brand remote, it works like a keyboard/mouse and
>> the remote sends code like keys `f, b Return, Space' and others.
>> There is also multimedia keys which normally are recognized as
>> NoSymbol with a number code like `160, 144, 153'. I tested this
>> remote with Linux on my laptop and xev did recognize these multimedia
>> keys but NetBSD doesn't. It seems it doesn't receive anything at all,
>> xev is quit when playing with these multimedias keys.
>> 
>> This is the attachment of the device:
>> 
>> uhidev0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
>> uhidev0: vendor 0x05a4 product 0x9881, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2, iclass
>> 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0
>> wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
>> wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
>> uhidev1 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1
>> uhidev1: vendor 0x05a4 product 0x9881, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2, iclass
>> 3/0 uhidev1: 3 report ids
>> ums0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: 5 buttons and Z dir.
>> wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
>> uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=3, output=0, feature=0
>> uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=1, output=0, feature=0
>> 
>> Now, I wanted to know if we can do anything to solve this trouble ?
>> 
> If it's showing up as (partly) uhidev, you might need usbhidaction(1) to
> recognize the keystrokes.  Here's an (old) .hidconf file I used to use,
> when I had a keyboard with such buttons:
> 
> Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:Volume_Up                       1
>    mixerctl -n -w outputs.master++
> Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:Volume_Down                     1
>    mixerctl -n -w outputs.master--
> Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:Mute                            1
>    /home/smb/bin/domute
> Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AC_Home                         1
>    rfirefox about:blank &
> Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AC_Search                       1
>    rfirefox http://www.google.com &
> Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AL_Calculator                   1
>    xterm -e bc &
> Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AL_Email_Reader                 1
>    composemail
> 
> 
> 
>               --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

It seems that the remote isn't supported by NetBSD,

[markand@Mangue][~] % usbhidctl -f /dev/uhid0 -a
usbhidctl: /dev/uhid0: Device busy
[markand@Mangue][~] % usbhidctl -f /dev/uhid1 -a
usbhidctl: USB_GET_REPORT(input) [probably not supported by device]:
Input/output error