keyboard problems

[hagbard]

hey,

i installed bt3final in a virtual machine on my notebook ASUS B50A. In KDE i changed keyboard settings to german. Now, if i want to type a pipe, the ALTGr button only gives me a new line(same as enter). Also all 4 keypad buttons invoke a KDE snapshot but not the correct function.


i tried the showkey -s and typed the keypad buttons:
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bt ~ # cat scancodes
kb mode was RAW
[ if you are trying this under X, it might not work
since the X server is also reading /dev/console ]

press any key (program terminates 10s after last keypress)...
0x9c
0xe0 0x2a 0xe0 0x37 0xe0 0xaa 0xe0 0xb7 #up-arrow
0xe0 0x38 0xe0 0xb8 #left-arrow
0xe0 0x5c 0xe0 0xdc #down-arrow
0xe1 0x1d 0x45 0xe1 0x9d 0xc5 #right-arrow

showkey and the buttons:
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bt ~ # cat keycodes
kb mode was RAW
[ if you are trying this under X, it might not work
since the X server is also reading /dev/console ]

press any key (program terminates 10s after last keypress)...
keycode 28 release
keycode 99 press
keycode 99 release
keycode 100 press
keycode 100 release
keycode 126 press
keycode 126 release
keycode 119 press
keycode 119 release

i'm a bit confused about all these codes. anyone an idea how I set my keypad to the right function?

[killadaninja]

/etc/X11/XF86Config

RightAlt ModeShift

add that line under the keyboard section

[hagbard]

no XF86 in /etc/X11

i tried xorg.conf. there was no keyboard section. so i created one, restarted but nothing changed. thx though for your input

i'm using ubuntu as my hostsystem. there the keypad is working correctly. is it possible to copy the keyboard configuration from ubuntu to backtrack?

[killadaninja]

/etc/XF86Config ? Is that location there?
Also do you have this directory /usr/lib/kbd/keytables

[hagbard]

nope, none of them.

it's strange, i think it has something to do with vmware. i just tried to install another virtual machine (ubuntu). i can't even use the keypad to select the boot options

[killadaninja]

research xmap.keycode
you will need to edit your ~/.vmware/config

[hagbard]

the xmap.keycode is the solution. thanx for pointing me in that direction. i found it's a common vmware problem that occurs with several current distros.

communities.vmware.com/message/508070#508070

i just had to place the following lines in my ~/.vmware/config

xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R
xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide
xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter
xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up
xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down
xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left
xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right
xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R
xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert
xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete
xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home
xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End
xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior
xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next
xkeymap.keycode.78 = 0x46 # Scroll_Lock
xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause
xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L
xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R
xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu

now it's working