Re: Semi-OT: Linux Keystroke Viewer

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:01:40 +0100, mcr wrote:
Hellmark wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:27:54 +0100, mcr wrote:
Ian Rawlings wrote:
On 2007-07-13, Hellmark <hellmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Currently, I am having what some what appears to be key
ghosting/blocking issues on this keyboard, and I am trying to see
whats going on with it.
Have you tried "xev"? Usually standard part of a distribution.
Personally I would just plug another keyboard in, its quick, easy and
tells you if its hard or software...
But I guess Linux users like to do things the hard way :-P
Well, if you plan on hacking a keyboard for a controller, you still
want to know how it is mapped.
Also, I was wanting to see which of the issues I am having is hardware,
and which is software, since there is definitely a mix of both.
If you know its hardware its pointless to persist with fixing software
issues cos "it aint never goin' to work" :-)

But as I said, some of the problems definitely ARE software related. I
want to find out which is which. If I treat it as if everything is a
hardware issue, throwing a new keyboard at it will not fix things.
.

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