Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:07 GMT From: Kai Wang <kaiwang27@gmail.com> To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly Message-ID: <201003141450.o2EEo7la045697@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR usb/144414; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kai Wang <kaiwang27@gmail.com> To: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> Cc: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>, Christoph Langguth <christoph@rosenkeller.org>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:46:01 +0100 On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 06:37:04AM -0800, Steven Noonan wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> wrote: > > On Sunday 14 March 2010 15:01:39 Steven Noonan wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> > > wrote: > >> > On Sunday 14 March 2010 14:22:33 Steven Noonan wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> > >> > > >> > wrote: > >> >> > On Sunday 14 March 2010 11:30:04 Steven Noonan wrote: > >> >> >> The following reply was made to PR usb/144414; it has been noted by > >> >> >> GNATS. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> From: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> > >> >> >> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com > >> >> >> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > >> >> >> Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly > >> >> >> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:26:19 -0700 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Steven Noonan > >> >> >> <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrot= > >> >> >> > >> >> >> e: > >> >> >> > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Steven Noonan > >> >> >> <steven@uplinklabs.net> > wr= > >> >> >> > >> >> >> ote: > >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:36 PM, =C2=A0<perryh@pluto.rain.com> > >> >> >> wrote: >>> Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrote: > >> >> >> >>>> Interestingly, my tilde key doesn't work either (though the key > >> >> >> >>>> press is detected, no character shows when the key is pressed). > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Any chance it is configured as a "dead" key? =C2=A0If you press > >> >> >> >>> tilde followed by n do you get an n with a tilde over it? > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Nope. It simply does nothing in the console. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> But in X11, it does something very odd. Shift+Tilde Key gives me > >> >> >> '>', >> and Tilde Key gives me '<'. And Alt+Tilde gives me... What? I > >> >> >> don't >> even know what action. It's grabbing some arbitrary command > >> >> >> in my >> .bash_history. It gave me the first item in my .bash_history > >> >> >> the first >> time I tried it. Then I tried an arbitrary command > >> >> >> ("echo"), and then >> Alt+Tilde gave me the second command in my > >> >> >> .bash_history. Whaa? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Any more ideas/news on this from anyone? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> The tilde key thing is especially irritating. > >> >> > > >> >> > static uint8_t > >> >> > ukbd_apple_swap(uint8_t keycode) { > >> >> > switch (keycode) { > >> >> > case 0x35: return 0x64; > >> >> > case 0x64: return 0x35; > >> >> > default: return keycode; > >> >> > } > >> >> > } > >> >> > > >> >> > Can you try to change the function above in ukbd.c to only return > >> >> > keycode? Any difference? > >> >> > >> >> Yep, commenting the two case lines brought my tilde key back. Any idea > >> >> what the ukbd_apple_swap() function was _supposed_ to be doing? > >> >> > >> >> Also, there's only one thing left (input-wise) that I can't get to > >> >> work, and that's the 'delete' key (Fn+Backspace). I'm pretty certain > >> >> that it's not a problem with Fn+Backspace failing to map to Delete, > >> >> because my non-Mac i386 box has the same problem. > >> >> > >> >> Everything I read online keeps saying to muck with an .inputrc file > >> >> (for bash, anyway), but I haven't been able to get it to work. Places > >> >> I've looked have said to add this to .inputrc: > >> >> > >> >> "\e[3~": delete-char > >> >> > >> >> But this seems to have no effect (and I tried bind -f .inputrc in case > >> >> my INPUTRC environment variable wasn't working). Is there something > >> >> FreeBSD-specific I'm not seeing, or what? > >> >> > >> >> - Steven > >> > > >> > Hi Steven, > >> > > >> > Can you talk this over with Christoph and send me a patch when you > >> > agreed? He's the one that made the Apple-SWAP key patch. Meanwhile I > >> > suggest the following patch: > >> > > >> > ==== //depot/projects/usb/src/sys/dev/usb/input/ukbd.c#47 - > >> > src/sys/dev/usb/input/ukbd.c ==== > >> > @@ -896,8 +896,7 @@ > >> > hid_input, 0, &sc->sc_loc_apple_fn, &flags, > >> > &temp_id)) { > >> > if (flags & HIO_VARIABLE) > >> > - sc->sc_flags |= UKBD_FLAG_APPLE_FN | > >> > - UKBD_FLAG_APPLE_SWAP; > >> > + sc->sc_flags |= UKBD_FLAG_APPLE_FN; > >> > DPRINTFN(1, "Found Apple FN-key\n"); > >> > apple_keys = 1; > >> > sc->sc_kbd_id = temp_id; > >> > > >> > > >> > The hardware that Christoph was using had an Eject-key, while yours > >> > didn't. I think the patch above will make both cases work. > >> > > >> > Christoph, do you have any comments? > >> > > >> > http://p4db.freebsd.org/fileViewer.cgi?FSPC=//depot/projects/usb/src/sys/ > >> >dev/usb/input/ukbd.c&REV=47 > >> > >> Not quite true, my keyboard _does_ have an Eject key. The code doesn't > >> detect it though. > >> > >> - Steven > >> > > > > Could you try to figure out what key-press number corresponds to the eject > > key? > > > > --HPS > > > > I'm not certain how to do so. It's somewhat of a chicken-and-the-egg > problem: unless it detects that the key is there, I can't find it. > Enabling 'hw.usb.ukbd.debug' doesn't print anything when Eject is > pressed. It's very possible that your Eject key is in a separate interface and is handled by uhid(4) instead of ukbd(4). /Kai
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