xkb problems with usb kvm
Alex Deucher
alexdeucher at gmail.com
Thu Sep 30 16:18:48 PDT 2004
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:45:59 +0200, Kristian Høgsberg <krh at bitplanet.net> wrote:
>
>
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> > I have a usb kvm that doesn't work properly with xkb. it used to work
> > fine with xorg 6.7 and the "keyboard" driver. it also works fine in
> > the console. When in X however, the alphanumeric keys work properly,
> > but all the other keys (arrows, insert, delete, etc.) seem to produce
> > the wrong event (they all seem to cause the screenshot tool to come up
> > in gnome; not sure which keycode that is off hand). Unfortunately I'm
> > not at all familiar with xkb. could someone point me in the right
> > direction? Is this a configuration problem or a hardware problem?
>
> I've had a similar problem (with an ps2 -> usb converter). Does it help
> to re-plug the keyboard in the kvm-box after you plug in the usb connector?
>
No, however, turning numlock off (which comes on by default for some
reason) fixes it. turning numlock on again causes the problem to
return.
Alex
> Kristian
>
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