Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:03:12 -0700 From: Israel Jacques <mrkotfw@gmail.com> To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell USB keyboard Message-ID: <5cd4c4cd0908242303q16031125m62d1122f7a024bd2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53a1e0710908242202n1345eb1fj53a7a2bf1d3672f@mail.gmail.com> References: <5cd4c4cd0908221713y5d396946h5e4000ee11a48e0c@mail.gmail.com> <200908230216.CAA12582@sopwith.solgatos.com> <53a1e0710908222309x78b04000t40e31fbee495355c@mail.gmail.com> <5cd4c4cd0908232210p61f1b56aw660aad2bb4e53fbb@mail.gmail.com> <53a1e0710908242202n1345eb1fj53a7a2bf1d3672f@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Henry. After about a minute of running: usbhidctl -alrv -f /dev/uhid0 > dump, I ge= t: 00000000 52 65 70 6f 72 74 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 70 74 6f |Report descrip= to| 00000010 72 3a 0a 54 6f 74 61 6c 20 20 20 69 6e 70 75 74 |r:.Total inp= ut| 00000020 20 73 69 7a 65 20 30 20 62 79 74 65 73 0a 54 6f | size 0 bytes.= To| 00000030 74 61 6c 20 20 6f 75 74 70 75 74 20 73 69 7a 65 |tal output si= ze| 00000040 20 31 20 62 79 74 65 73 0a 54 6f 74 61 6c 20 66 | 1 bytes.Total= f| 00000050 65 61 74 75 72 65 20 73 69 7a 65 20 31 20 62 79 |eature size 1 = by| 00000060 74 65 73 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a |tes...........= ..| 00000070 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a |..............= ..| * 0b675000 There is an option in the BIOS that allows me to disable BIOS support for USB. I'll reboot and report back on whether or not it makes a difference. As with usbhidaction, I'm assuming I would need to be able to get output from /dev/uhid0 in order to write a configuration file. Correct? On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Henry Hu<henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Israel Jacques<mrkotfw@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have the following in my ~/.xmodmaprc: >> >> keycode 234 =3D XF86Back >> keycode 233 =3D XF86Forward >> keycode 232 =3D XF86Stop >> keycode 231 =3D XF86Refresh >> keycode 130 =3D XF86HomePage >> keycode 236 =3D XF86Mail >> keycode 198 =3D XF86MyComputer >> keycode 161 =3D XF86Calculator >> keycode 160 =3D XF86AudioMute >> keycode 164 =3D XF86AudioStop >> keycode 144 =3D XF86AudioPrev >> keycode 153 =3D XF86AudioNext >> keycode 162 =3D XF86AudioPlay >> keycode 129 =3D XF86AudioMedia >> keycode 174 =3D XF86AudioLowerVolume >> keycode 176 =3D XF86AudioRaiseVolume >> >> And it doesn't work with my WM. > If the messages of the multimedia keys are sent through the uhid > device, then you need to write a configuration file for the > usbhidaction, specify the keys and corresponding commands, and run > usbhidaction when keyboard inserted. > Can you see anything when a key is pressed with usbhidctl -alrv -f /dev/u= hid0 ? >> >> Thanks for the tip. >> >> So far, I ran (as root): >> >> # usbhidctl -anrv -f /dev/uhid0 >> Report descriptor: >> Total =C2=A0 input size 0 bytes >> Total =C2=A0output size 1 bytes >> Total feature size 1 bytes >> >> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Henry Hu<henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Dieter<freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> = wrote: >>>>> My question is, how do I go about writing a userland application to >>>>> access the extra buttons? Would I have to use ioctl(2) to poll >>>>> /dev/ukbd0? I would like to write the userland application in order t= o >>>>> map them to: >>>>> XF86Back >>>> ... >>>>> XF86AudioRaiseVolume >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Can xmodmap(1) do what you need? =C2=A0Appears to be in ports. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-drivers-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" >>>> >>> You might try usbhidaction and usbhidctl on the uhid device. >>> Once I was using a microsoft keyboard, and I hacked the programs a >>> bit, and wrote a configuration file for usbhidaction, and finally I >>> can use the multimedia keys. >>> These programs have problems parsing the Report ID field. You might >>> have to refer to the HID standard to modify them a bit. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-drivers-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >> >
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