[oe] xserver-kdrive 1.4 and USB keyboard

[Cliff Brake]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi at student.utwente.nl> wrote:
> Cliff Brake wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have this combination working yet?
>>
>> On my system, ctrl-alt-f1 does not work, and caps/num lock lights do
>> not work when X is running.  Keyboard works fine at the console.
>
> I suspect that's because kdrive 1.4 lacks a default keymap. Graeme provided
> a really bare-bones one that makes X access keys (e.g. xkbd,
> matchbox-keyboard). Making USB keyboards work properly proved to be too much
> work, so I am now using full-blown Xorg on anything with a usb-keyboard.
> Having said that, the A-z keys did work on beagle, the fact that left-mouse
> button clicks produced a 'q' was the final straw (clock on window running
> powertop - boom).
> Something is very broken in kdrive, which might be due to people working on
> it only care for tablets from a certain scandinavian company.

Thanks.  Yes, you are correct.  I can get arrow keys, and enter to
work, but not cap/num lock or Ctrl-Alt-F1.

Cliff

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