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| author | Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> | 2010-01-05 09:52:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> | 2010-01-05 09:52:30 +0100 |
| commit | 1e69248fec27deb701713d2dc7bc449976ef0cce (patch) | |
| tree | abb2a349e7d0eb285d4d5c91779999c83d83cccf /extras | |
| parent | 7cbbd7e7b130ba5108ab488f3f5d17c62b9ce4b2 (diff) | |
keymap: Document force-release
Make a note in README.keymap.txt about stuck keys which need a force-release
quirk.
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| -rw-r--r-- | extras/keymap/README.keymap.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/extras/keymap/README.keymap.txt b/extras/keymap/README.keymap.txt index ae8916bb67..9c2d5dc16a 100644 --- a/extras/keymap/README.keymap.txt +++ b/extras/keymap/README.keymap.txt @@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ for inclusion you need to do the following steps: /lib/udev/keymaps/ for existing key map files and make sure that you use the same structure. + If the key only ever works once and then your keyboard (or the entire desktop) + gets stuck for a long time, then it is likely that the BIOS fails to send a + corresponding "key release" event after the key press event. Please note down + this case as well, as it can be worked around in + /lib/udev/keymaps/95-keyboard-force-release.rules . + 4. Find out your system vendor and product: cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor |