>>>>> "Sam" == Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> writes: Sam> This sort of sound's like the same problem Linux had with the "win modem". Sam> The hardware was designed for M$ OS. Sam> Who is the manufacturer? Logitech. Actually, I'm working my way towards a solution. oddly (or perhaps not, I don't know), showkey -c does NOT work --- the keys are "dead." HOWEVER, scancodes are echoed into /var/log/messages for the deadkeys, like so: Jan 9 14:54:47 necronomicon kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd8 on isa0060/serio0). Jan 9 14:54:47 necronomicon kernel: atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e058 <keycode>' to make it known. ... so I should be able to make a keyboard map for this beast after all! Thanks to all for their help. BTW, can anyone explain to a bear with very little brain what lineak is used for? I.e., if we've got a keymap for these beasts, don't we just set keybindings in KDE (or gnome)? What's lineak doing for us that we don't have with just X + a graphical desktop? Thanks, R _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list