On Jul 26, 10:04am, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> >May be I was not explicit enough... The problem does not show up in 
> >console mode, it is only when running the X server that Right-Shift on 
> >the LK401 does not produce shift. Hence I think the way Xcfbpmax thinks 
> >of its keyboard needs to be changed...
> 
> 
> The kernel keyboard-handling code in fb.c that maps LK-201 key events
> to ASCII already deals with shift and right-shift.
> 
> It seems clear that whatever-it-is that gets done to the keyboard to
> put it in a mode where it sends distinct key up/down events, which X
> needs, is sufficient to confuse the X server.  Which leaves me
> dubious of Matt's suggestion.
> 
> I'd guess (and it's just a guess) that the relatively old code in
> X11R5 doesn't know about the LK-401 right shift.
> 
> What does xev show (both keysym and keycode) when you press
> right-shift?  (I don't have an LK-401 to play with...)

Sorry if this has been mentioned already, I've only been half reading
this thread.

Under Ultrix 4.4 (X11R5) with an LK401, xev shows Shift_L for both the
left and right shift keys.

Simon.