A Method to Detect Keyboard Model

[Milosz Derezynski]

I don't know what the issue is but my keyboard was already properly detected
with all multimedia keys, etc;  maybe it's just an issue of missing quirks?

2008/4/23 Daniel Qarras <dqarras at yahoo.com>:

> Hi!
>
> --- Daniel Qarras <dqarras at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Especially some configuration tools for distributions write
> > configuration files with keyboard model information. E.g., xorg.conf
> > may contain:
> >
> >         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
> >
> > However, for many laptops "pc105" is not optimal as there are vendor
> > specific keymaps available with support for special keys, e.g.,
> > "acer_laptop", "asus_laptop".
> >
> > Do you think that a configuration tool should use HAL to determine
> > the optimal keyboard model? If so, is it already possible somehow?
>
> I'm just speculating but when inspecting output from lshal I see:
>
>  system.formfactor = 'laptop'  (string)
>
> Perhaps that could be checked and if formfactor is "laptop", then
> checking for available vendor keymaps should be easy, e.g., Acer is in
> numerous entries:
>
>  system.hardware.vendor = 'Acer, inc.'  (string)
>
> Cheers!
>
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