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From: veit@du9ds3.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: XFree86 problems (keyboard hangs overnight)
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:58:57 GMT
Organization: Uni-Duisburg FB9 Datenverarbeitung
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References: <BxM1qt.2xC@unx.sas.com> <STARK.92Nov12154408@sbstark.cs.sunysb.edu>
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In <STARK.92Nov12154408@sbstark.cs.sunysb.edu> stark@cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark) writes:

>>  Also, I've noticed some problems with the capslock key; sometimes
>>the capslock is engaged, and I can't disengage it without restarting
>>the server.   In this regard, none of the keyboard lights (capslock, numlock,
>>etc...) seem to function.
>>
>>  Finally, did anyone ever find out where the <bell> went?
>>
>>	- Dave Rivers -
>>	(rivers@ponds.uucp (home))
>>	(sastdr@unx.sas.com (work))

>I was one of the people who posted asking about the bell.  No one who
>"knows" anything ever responded, but a few people mailed me who also
>wanted to know anything I found out.

>Anyway, in looking at some of the X server code while getting my bus mouse
>to work, it appeared to me that, although the server makes the appropriate
>ioctl's to ring the console bell, the 386bsd console driver doesn't actually
>support these ioctl's at present, so the bell doesn't ring.  I could be
>totally wrong about this, but nevertheless my bell doesn't ring and I don't
>see any mechanism in 386bsd that would enable the server to cause it to ring.
>Similar mechanism appears to be missing in the case of the keyboard lights.

>I though about hacking in an ioctl for the bell and maybe for the lights,
>but I didn't get around to it yet.

>							- Gene Stark

I am becoming quite tired now to to say that all of this is covered by "codrv". 
Get the keycap-0.1.1.tar.Z stuff from ftp.uni-duisburg.de (134.91.100.14).
Read README*, FAQ.ddmmyy, and BUGLIST.ddmmyy there.

Holger

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