[SOLVED] Raw access to keycodes/scancodes from userspace?
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Okay, I found a keyboard util package at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/. I still have to see if it will compile, but if it does, that should be what I need. Thanks for the help (and being patient with me)!
Hey listen, I don't know whether Puppy uses RPM or DEB. You must be knowing, search for an RPM or a DEB instead, installation will be easier then !
Actually, Puppy uses its own format: basically a tar with a checksum appended. The Puppy kbd package doesn't contain what I need (only loadkeys and some keymaps). Besides, I compile almost everything from the source anyway.
By the way, I will be out of town for a few days, so I won't be able to try it until I get back. I should reply back in a few days about how it goes, though.
where mode is K_RAW for scancodes, K_MEDIUMRAW for keycodes, and K_XLATE for ascii (or whatever the keycodes are translated into). Apparently this is what kbd_mode calls.
I also discovered (the hard way) that since the key combinations to switch virtual terminals are processed between the keycode and ascii stages, they do not work in keycode mode. I was able to make a showkey replacement program that seems to work (see Missing showkey in Puppy 400).
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