From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15728 invoked by alias); 30 Jun 2011 16:51:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 15718 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Jun 2011 16:51:12 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (HELO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:50:57 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.8]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 30 Jun 2011 17:50:55 +0100 Message-ID: <4E0CA974.4030506@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:51:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110620 Thunderbird/5.0b2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree CC: phil.betts@gmail.com, Paul Maier Subject: Re: I lose characters because keycode of Fn is same than DEL References: <612FC9F74FD24AD98964B222EA085F89@sulzer.de> <4E0324BB.5020004@dronecode.org.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-06/txt/msg00028.txt.bz2 On 30/06/2011 09:14, Phil Betts wrote: > On 23 June 2011 12:34, Jon TURNEY wrote: >> On 10/06/2011 10:33, Paul Maier wrote: >>> >>> on a a IBM Lenovo Laptop T60 there is a "Fn" key to adjust the screen >>> brightness and such. >>> >>> That "Fn" key has the same keycode than the DEL key. >>> Therefore I can't change the Fn key with xmodmap (because I would change >>> the DEL key the same way.) >>> >> ... >> I think this is a bug in the way XWin translates Windows keystrokes into X >> keycodes. >> >> Can you run the X server with the extra option '-logverbose 3' and report >> what is written to /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log when you press the Fn key. > > Since the OP hasn't responded, I have the same problem on a Lenovo R500 > laptop. Running as suggested produces this when the Fn key is pressed: > > [ 710.350] winTranslateKey: wParam 000000ff lParam 01630001 > [ 710.350] winSendKeyEvent: dwKey: 99, fDown: 1, nEvents 3 > [ 710.366] winTranslateKey: wParam 000000ff lParam c1630001 > [ 710.366] winSendKeyEvent: dwKey: 99, fDown: 0, nEvents 2 > > and this when the Delete key is pressed: > > [ 730.240] winTranslateKey: wParam 0000002e lParam 01530001 > [ 730.240] winSendKeyEvent: dwKey: 99, fDown: 1, nEvents 2 > [ 730.349] winTranslateKey: wParam 0000002e lParam c1530001 > [ 730.349] winSendKeyEvent: dwKey: 99, fDown: 0, nEvents 2 Thanks. I've fixed the mapping for this (undocumented) virtual key code, so hopefully this works correctly now. I've uploaded a snapshot at [1] I can't test this as the keyboards I have with an Fn key don't generate a separate keypress for that, apparently Lenovo laptops are special in this regard :-), so please let me know if this works. [1] ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/XWin.20110630-git-e89b8ba1b44331d1.exe.bz2 -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/