[Leaplist] Compaq keyboard

[patrick]

Fred Moore wrote:
> I just had my old trusty keyboard die with a stuck key.  Feels like I
> lost an old friend.  Dissemble didn't show any mechanical problems.  
> Didn't know which one was down.  So booted with a good keyboard via a
> kdm started xev switched off and replaced it with the bad keyboard. 
> When I switch back xev  shows a constant stream scan code of 68 so guess
> its the space key..  Anyway replaced the keyboard with a compaq
> keyboard.. you know the one with the special keys above the normal
> F1-F12 keys.. same keyboards we have at the school anyway I thought it
> would be nice to hook these up to things like Thunderbird, Firefox
> Openoffice etc..  My initial thought this is easy.. So reached for the
> big read Staples button.. note to Staples.. "your big red button is
> broken on some subject" 
> 
> When I run xev it shows no key codes being generated by these keys which
> leave me to believe that a  program must be loaded into keyboard ram at
> bootup to get them to work.  Most likely a Microsolop thingy.   Didn't
> see anything in the bios about this..  Couldn't find anything about this
> on Compaqs site.   Google was not my friend on this keyboard..linux xorg
> etc..  anyone have any hints or know anything about this subject.. I
> think this is most likely a dead horse, thoughts??  Thanks in advance.. Fred
> 


After consultation with my friend the Microsoft tech, I discovered
something... there is the LinEAK project for special keys on all keyboards!

http://ivman.com/fp-msaward.html

but, really, I recall there is a program for the Compaq buttons in
Linux!  Go here:

http://lineak.sourceforge.net/index.php?nav=keyboards