Re: [gentoo-user] how to switch laptop to usb keyboard

[Michael Higgins <linux@evolone.org>]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:24:38 +0500
Mike Kazantsev <mike_kazantsev@fraggod.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:31:41 -0800
> Michael Higgins <linux@evolone.org> wrote:
> 
> > Still no luck here, as this is new to me. Really, I'm lost on the
> > process... figured it would just work, which it does, except that I
> > don't have number keys... on either keyboard. So, why is *that*?
> > 
> > What should I be trying to do next?
> 
> If xev (x11-apps/xev) shows generated events and a keycodes when you
> press these keys (on either KB), 

It doesn't.

What the *keypad* does, after plugging in the usb keyboard, is act as a mouse. I've never seen this... it's kinda cool, actually. Like using an etch-a-sketch.

This is what the device is:

usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /class/input/input8
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. 

Some of the bug reports regarding this keyboard have to do with misidentification as a mouse, so maybe that satisfies me enough to let it drop. Maybe at some point in the future it'll just work...

Cheers,

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