Linux kernel / USB keyboard scancode problems

Frank Murphy murphyf+byzantine at f-m.fm
Mon Sep 8 19:03:53 EST 2003


On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 17:59:12 +0200, "Frank Murphy"
<murphyf+linux-ppc at f-m.fm> said:
> On Tuesday 02 September 2003 2:12, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 02:59:21PM +0200, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > > On Monday 01 September 2003 1:46, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> > > > I've only access to my Pismo now, and it obviously does not have the
> > > > F13-F15 keys. I shall be back in front on my G4 in a few days.
> > > >
> > > > I'd first need to know what "showkey -k" and "showkey -s" give for
> > > > these 3 keys on your keybord.
> > >
> > > In the order F13, F14, then F15, with showkey -k, I get 85, 115, and 119.
> > > With showkey -s, I get 0x55 0xd5, 0x73 0xf3, and 0x77 0xf7.
> >
> > What? Exactly the same code for keycodes and scancodes?
> >
> > (85=0x55, 115=0x73, 119=0x77)
>
> Exactly the same. I just double-checked.
>
> F13 =  85 / 0x55 0xd5
> F14 = 115 /  0x73 0xf3
> F15 = 119 / 0x77 0xf7

So you had seemed surprised that the keycodes and scancodes were exactly
the same. Do you have an idea why that might be?

Frank

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