On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Felipe Balbi <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 12:06 -0800, Cory Maccarrone wrote: >> All, >> >> I'm working with the Wing Linux and Linwizard projects in porting >> various omap850-based devices to Linux, and was wondering about >> keymaps. >> >> In particular, I'm working with the HTC Herald, which uses an Alt key >> to access things like numbers and symbols on a physical keyboard. In >> Linux, the keymappings are wrong for this -- Alt does something >> different and doesn't allow access to those extra characters. >> >> In Linwizard, we've modified the defkeymap and added makefile rules to >> compile our modified defkeymap when a specific board was selected, but >> this isn't portable when building a kernel for many boards at once, >> each having a different mapping. >> >> So, my question is, what is the best way to go about changing the >> defkeymap, or supplying a keymap that allows all the keys to function >> correctly, but doesn't require non-portable makefile hacks? > > how about letting xmodmap handle that ? If you use alt key, then kernel > passes alt key. Userland can later remap that key to some other > function. > > -- > balbi > > > For X-based interfaces that would work, and there's an equivalent for Android too. My question is more geared towards the console (i.e. no X or Android, just plain linux console). - Cory -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
