Re: 2.1.3[45]: small kbd pb

Skeet Fischer (skeet@Bridgewater.EDU)
Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:12:34 -0400 (EDT)

> I've noticed a small problem in the lastest kernels (2.1.34 and 2.1.35)
> which did not exist in 2.1.33 or earlier:
> I've got my F12 key aliased to output the string "exit\n" in my keymap.
> With those two kernels, I get the standard "~4" instead. I didn't change
> any util. Using kbd-0.92 (the latest I believe). Executing loadkeys by
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Actually, 0.93 is the lastest.

> hand doesn't yield any error, but doesn't change anything either.
> The strange thing is nothing at all changed in keyboard.c.
> Kernel is compiled with SMP commented out, in case this changes anything.
> No patch applied except parport (I tried without, same thing).

--Douglas

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