Mapping the N900 keyboard?

2009/11/15 Kimmo Hämäläinen <kimmo.hamalainen@nokia.com>

> On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 08:39 +0100, ext Faheem Pervez wrote:
> > On 11/16/09, Kimmo Hämäläinen <kimmo.hamalainen@nokia.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 02:03 +0100, ext Qole wrote:
> > >> I am still hoping for some more help with remapping the N900 keyboard
> > >> (see quoted message below).
> > >>
> > >> I have come across a problem I believe is related, and it is much more
> > >> urgent for me to identify and fix the problem.
> > >>
> > >> When I start a nested Xephyr X Server on the N900, the desktop
> > >> environment that I run in that X Server (LXDE, on DISPLAY :1) does not
> > >> seem to have access to the keyboard. No keyboard presses are passed to
> > >> DISPLAY :1 at all. When I press the key combination to get to the
> > >> Dashboard (CTRL-Backspace), I am taken to the Dashboard, which
> > >> suggests that maybe Hildon desktop is not "letting go" of the
> > >> keyboard.
> > >
> > > hildon-desktop does not ever grab the keyboard. It only grabs some
> > > specific key combinations, such as that ctrl+backspace.
> > >
> > >> I have tried using xkbcomp as described below to copy the keyboard
> > >> mapping to display :1, but it doesn't help.
> > >
> > > Does 'xev' report any key events?
> > >
> >
> > xev won't work on the N900 by default for exactly the same reason
> > qole's LXDE stuff isn't working:
> > https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5987
>
> Seems to work after:
> 1) dsmetool -k /usr/bin/hildon-desktop
> 2) xev &
> 3) tap on the xev window
>
> Or you could device a diabolical utility program that calls
> XSetInputFocus for the xev window...
>
>
Could this dsmetool technique (which I don't pretend to understand at all)
be used to help give my Xephyr window the required focus to receive keyboard
input, too? Because the Xephyr window gets focus in every other way, that
is, I can use an on-screen virtual keyboard within the secondary X Server to
type, but not the physical N900 keyboard...

I'm going to try it out, regardless.


--
enthusiast, n. "One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what
engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor of mind; an ardent
and imaginative person."

So no, that command, "dsmetool -k /usr/bin/hildon-desktop" is not an option,
since it kills the desktop. I can't kill the desktop. It has its uses ;-)

What is this XSetInputFocus and how do I set it from the command line?

2009/11/19 Qole <qole.tablet@gmail.com>

>
>
> 2009/11/15 Kimmo Hämäläinen <kimmo.hamalainen@nokia.com>
>
> On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 08:39 +0100, ext Faheem Pervez wrote:
>> > On 11/16/09, Kimmo Hämäläinen <kimmo.hamalainen@nokia.com> wrote:
>> > > On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 02:03 +0100, ext Qole wrote:
>> > >> I am still hoping for some more help with remapping the N900 keyboard
>> > >> (see quoted message below).
>> > >>
>> > >> I have come across a problem I believe is related, and it is much
>> more
>> > >> urgent for me to identify and fix the problem.
>> > >>
>> > >> When I start a nested Xephyr X Server on the N900, the desktop
>> > >> environment that I run in that X Server (LXDE, on DISPLAY :1) does
>> not
>> > >> seem to have access to the keyboard. No keyboard presses are passed
>> to
>> > >> DISPLAY :1 at all. When I press the key combination to get to the
>> > >> Dashboard (CTRL-Backspace), I am taken to the Dashboard, which
>> > >> suggests that maybe Hildon desktop is not "letting go" of the
>> > >> keyboard.
>> > >
>> > > hildon-desktop does not ever grab the keyboard. It only grabs some
>> > > specific key combinations, such as that ctrl+backspace.
>> > >
>> > >> I have tried using xkbcomp as described below to copy the keyboard
>> > >> mapping to display :1, but it doesn't help.
>> > >
>> > > Does 'xev' report any key events?
>> > >
>> >
>> > xev won't work on the N900 by default for exactly the same reason
>> > qole's LXDE stuff isn't working:
>> > https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5987
>>
>> Seems to work after:
>> 1) dsmetool -k /usr/bin/hildon-desktop
>> 2) xev &
>> 3) tap on the xev window
>>
>> Or you could device a diabolical utility program that calls
>> XSetInputFocus for the xev window...
>>
>>
> Could this dsmetool technique (which I don't pretend to understand at all)
> be used to help give my Xephyr window the required focus to receive keyboard
> input, too? Because the Xephyr window gets focus in every other way, that
> is, I can use an on-screen virtual keyboard within the secondary X Server to
> type, but not the physical N900 keyboard...
>
> I'm going to try it out, regardless.
>
>
> --
> enthusiast, n. "One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what
> engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor of mind; an ardent
> and imaginative person."
>



--
enthusiast, n. "One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what
engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor of mind; an ardent
and imaginative person."