Re: wscons, usb keyboard and bépo

["Ian D. Leroux" <idleroux%fastmail.fm@localhost>]

Best to keep the discussion on the list; others may be able to help.

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012, at 12:45, Kooda wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 12:30:19PM +0200, Ian D. Leroux wrote:
> > What happens if you try the Typematrix without your special bépo
> > map file?
> >
> > I'm wondering what keycodes that keyboard sends, since its physical
> > layout is rather unusual.  A bépo map file designed to reinterpret a
> > pc101 keyboard may be all wrong for the TypeMatrix.
>
> It works without any problem with, for example, the us and fr keymaps.

That confirms that the problem is in the keycode-to-symbol translation,
and not the hardware or driver.

What does "wsconsctl -a" show
- With the old keyboard that works with the bépo map?
- With the TypeMatrix and a us keymap?
- With the TypeMatrix and the bépo keymap?

The keymap is supposed to specify a simple translation; if the output is
garbled in one case but not another, the input (the keycodes) must be
different in the two cases.

-- IDL