The kbd driver was never tested with systems that use the wskbd protocol instead of the standard protocol. Also pure wscons systems (without pcvt compatibility) are not working either with the kbd driver. The attached patch fixes both problems.
Created attachment 1281 [details] [review] patch
Created attachment 1288 [details] [review] [FIXED_X11R68x] correct patch Ooops I submitted a diff against the wrong tree, with a bug in the patch
Comment on attachment 1288 [details] [review] [FIXED_X11R68x] correct patch Approved for checkin into X11R6.8.x in the 2004-11-12 release-wranglers call.
Comment on attachment 1288 [details] [review] [FIXED_X11R68x] correct patch Patch checked-in into X11R6.8.x stable branch: /cvs/xorg/xc/ChangeLog,v <-- ChangeLog new revision: 1.365.2.57; previous revision: 1.365.2.56 cvs commit: Using deprecated info format strings. Convert your scripts to use the new argument format and remove '1's from your info file format strings. /cvs/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/bsd/bsd_KbdMap.c,v <-- bsd_KbdMap.c new revision: 1.2.4.1; previous revision: 1.2 /cvs/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/bsd/bsd_kbd.c,v <-- bsd_kbd.c new revision: 1.2.4.1; previous revision: 1.2 cvs commit: Using deprecated info format strings. Convert your scripts to use the new argument format and remove '1's from your info file format strings. Mailing the commit message to xorg-commit@lists.freedesktop.org...
mass update: the fix for this bug was applied to both HEAD and the stable 6.8 branch, but the bug was never closed. closing now.
I tried to use wskbd protocol (NetBSD/i386 4.0, server 1.3.0.0, xf86-input-keyboard 1.2.2) and found some minor problems. Some may be NetBSD-specific: - keyboard is dead after switching from X to text console. To regain control of the machine I had to kill X remotely. - by default, pckbd(4) is not attached to wsmux(4), so I had to use 'Device = /dev/wskbd0' instead of /dev/wskbd (which is equivalent to /dev/wsmux1). - WSCONS scan codes for some keys are different from PCVT's; I don't quite understand why. This can be worked around with xkbcomp: xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" <UP> = 208; <LEFT> = 211; <DOWN> = 216; <RGHT> = 213; <INS> = 218; <HOME> = 207; <PGUP> = 209; <DELE> = 219; <END> = 215; <PGDN> = 217; <RALT> = 192; <RCTL> = 165; <PRSC> = 178; <PAUS> = 135; <KPDV> = 189; <KPEN> = 164; }; - KbdOn() always sets isConsole to FALSE in WSCONS mode; thus, raw mode will never be set. - printWsType() prints its arguments in wrong order. - "case WSKBD_TYPE_SUN5:" uses xf86Msg(), it should use printWsType(). Other relevant links: http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=29591 xfree86 fixes for "pure wskbd devices (without console emulation) do not work with X" http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-x11/2008/01/26/msg000000.html "a patch that should make the kbd driver work properly with PS/2 keyboards" http://osdir.com/ml/netbsd.devel.x11/2005-05/msg00005.html some useful info http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=35919 "some minor cleanups of WSCONS/PCVT setup messages"
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