Comment 9 for bug 838760

Hello,

anatoly techtonik [2011-10-31 10:46 -0000]:
> What are the codes I've sent earlier then? The ones that are generated
> when I press Word/Excel keys?

They are in the udev rule I sent you.

> If I have to add this manually then what is the meaning of using
> xkeyboard-config?

Nothing. I was just pointing out that xkeyboard-config has the layouts
you can set in the control center. But as I said it won't help you.
Please just ignore this part then, if it was confusing.

> > Think of it as a device specific driver. :) (That's how Windows gets
> > along with these quirky devices)
>
> But how does Windows detect my keyboard and chooses this driver if
> PS/2 interface doesn't tell which keyboard is it?

There might be some magic commands you can send to the keyboard to
identify it, but I suppose this keyboard came with a driver CD or so
which you need to install?

Martin

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