Re: wscons key assigments for USB keyboard

[hans dinsen-hansen <hansdinsenhansen%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 7:52 PM,  <jgw%freeshell.org@localhost> wrote:
> Hello,
> I went to do a simple wscons key reassignment - setting the left Windows
> key to Control_L - and got the following error:
>
> # sudo wsconsctl -w map+="keysym Meta_L = Control_L"
> wsconsctl: Meta_L: not found
>
> Running 'wsconsctl -k map' does not list either Meta_L nor Control_L for
> this USB keyboard.  My old AT system uses a PS/2 leyboard and the key
> assignment works fine.  Is it possible to do what I want with a USB
> keyboard?
>
> -Jeff W
There seems to be some differences between USB and PS/2 keyboards.
I just hat to make a "tset -e '^H'" on a USB keyboard to use the Backspace
key as an erase key.  Just as it is when I use my PS/2 keyboards

Hans