From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on sa.int.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 Message-ID: <52D3D354.6030903@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:51:48 +0400 From: Alexey Gladkov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kbd@lists.altlinux.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 OpenPGP: id=4CFFD434; url=http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&search=0xA45ABA544CFFD434 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [kbd] Semi-mechanical keyboard not working properly on linux kernel X-BeenThere: kbd@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: Linux console tools development discussion List-Id: Linux console tools development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:51:59 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: 09.01.2014 07:33, Anh Tu Nguyen wrote: > I have some issues on a NKRO keyboard (USB port) which is working fine on > Windows box. > Under Linux (tested in Arch, Debian-based distros), the Ctrl/Alt/Win keys > invokes Shift keycode as I tested with showkey -s. So I guess it's > conflicting with the kernel keyboard driver. > I really want to make a patch for this keyboard but don't have enough > resource about it. > Is there any resource about how Linux and Windows keyboard driver is > different? > Also, I hope someone can give me a hint about how to debug the raw > event/signal that the keyboard send to kernel. I'm not big kernel hacker, but you can use /dev/input/eventXX for this. If I was on your place, I would read linux/Documentation/input/* But honestly, it's better to ask these questions in the corresponding kernel maillist. -- Rgrds, legion