Comment 12 for bug 838760

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Martin Pitt <email address hidden> wrote:
> anatoly techtonik [2011-10-31 14:11 -0000]:
>> I understand that. The question is - why do you think they are not
>> correct?
>
> I never said they weren't correct.

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On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Martin Pitt <email address hidden> wrote:
> anatoly techtonik [2011-10-29 10:22 -0000]:
>> I want to select my keyboard manually if it can not be autodetected. How can I do this?
>
> That would be xkeyboard-config, but that wouldn't help -- That needs
> correct key codes which the keyboard already does not deliver.
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According to this text, the codes delivered by keyboard are not
correct. I am not an Englishman, but I think that reads pretty clear.
=)

>The keymap is fine, it's just not
> possible to construct an udev rule to apply it, as right now it is not
> possible to identify your keyboard. The keymap can certainly not be
> applied to _all_ machines/keyboards out there.

I understand that. That's why I asked about the way to manually select
my keyboard.

>> It is not confusing, but incomplete. The app I was speaking about was
>> able to select keyboard type, not language layout.
>
> Yes, so was I. That's all in gnome-control-center.

I can't find the entry in Oneric anymore. =(

>> I can't remember installing any drivers for this keyboard on Windows
>> and yet these keys work.
>
> OK, then I don't know how this works.

I'll try check these two specific buttons once I get to Windows box.
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anatoly t.