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#Keytouch rta driver

It comprises of two tools: * KeyTouch - The tool to setup a keyboard that is already in the database. If your keyboard is not present, you can "train" it by starting up keytouch editor and pressing the relevant keys whilst identifying them. Keytouch allows the selection of profiles to select your keyboard model from a list in its database. This guide will explain the installation and configuration of the two basic KeyTouch tools. KeyTouch - The easy way to enable multimedia-keys!

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deb or autopackage) for keyTouch? View the Job. This not only means that the application is user friendly, but also means that it tries to be well documented.Ĭan you make a package (like a RPM. KeyTouch is developed to provide a user friendly way to configure your extra function keys. For this purpose keyTouch provides a simple application (named keyTouch-editor) that is well documented. If your keyboard is not supported yet, you can easily get it supported. KeyTouch needs information about your keyboard model to support it. KeyTouch is the first and only program of its kind that works perfectly together with kernel 2.6. The problem for those applications however, is that under Linux kernel 2.6 only a small number of extra function keys work. Because, like keyTouch, they use information stored in files about specific keyboard models, you do not need to do the complicated actions before using the application.

However before you can use one of these applications, you need to do some complicated things and edit some configuration files for X or write a script. You can read below what the problems of the other programs are.įirst KDE and GNOME have programs that allow you to bind actions to extra function keys. So why should you use keyTouch? Well, keyTouch was developed because none of these other applications provides a simple way to configure the extra function keys. There are a number of other applications that allow you to configure the extra function keys on your keyboard. I will also write a new version of keyTouch that will work perfectly together with the new driver.Ĭheck out how easy it is to configure your extra function keys with keyTouch: So at the moment I recommend you to connect your keyboard via PS/2 and wait for a new version of the USB input driver. This modification will be applied to the Linux kernel.

#Keytouch rta driver

Currently I am modifying this driver so that we can get all keys working. This is because the current USB input driver in the Linux kernel does not allow us to get these keys working. But still even if you are using the right keyboard file, some keys may not work. Note that most keyboard files in keyTouch are for a PS/2 connection and if a keyboard file is for a USB connection the name of the keyboard file will contain "(USB)". When your keyboard is connected via USB you may have noticed that some extra function keys don't work. If discover any bugs in keyTouch-editor or keyTouch please report them. So after you have added all the keys to the keyboard file while the keyboard was connected via USB, you can then connect the keyboard via PS/2 and set the PS/2 scancode of the key too. KeyTouch-editor 3.2.0 beta allows you to create one keyboard file for both a PS/2 and USB connection.

The created keyboard file can then be imported in the latest beta verion of keyTouch (version 2.4.0 beta). Use this kernel (or a later version) in combination with keyTouch-editor 3.2.0 beta to create keyboard files for your USB keyboard. All required kernel patches are included since Linux kernel 2.6.24. You can now use all your extra function keys on a USB keyboard too.