Phil Endecott wrote:
- I have no delete key, so I can't type ctrl-alt-del! (I have to keep
another keyboard plugged in just for this!) I'd like to use the eject
key, which is immediately above the backspace key, for this.
I eventually discovered that loadkeys can make any key combination
trigger the ctrl-alt-del action without any kernel changes:
keycode 161 = Remove
Control Alt keycode 161 = Boot
This also made me wonder why HID_QUIRK_APPLE_HAS_FN has been
implemented in the kernel, rather than in custom keymaps. If it were
in custom keymaps then it would be easier for a user to:
- The FN key and the left Ctrl key are the same size and the keycaps
can easily be exchanged. The order of these keys is often something
that people complain about, e.g. if they're used to pressing
the bottom-left key on their desktop keyboard for ctrl but now find
that it isn't. Often there is nothing that can be done about this
because the logic for the FN key is inside the keyboard and not
fixable in software, but in the case of this keyboard I believe it
could be changed
I have written some of this up for the benefit of anyone else trying to
get this device working properly:
http://chezphil.org/apple-alu-bluetooth-kb-linux/ - hopefully the
search engines will find that and the next users will waste less time
on it.
Phil.
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