Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 192637
Hangul key and Hanja key isn't recognized
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:33 EST
Description of problem: Hangul key and Hanja key in Hangul keyboard isn't recognized with showkey. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-PAE-2.6.16-1.2204_FC6 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run showkey 2.press hangul key or hanja key 3. Actual results: nothing happen Expected results: should show keycode Additional info: according to https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/30848, both keys works fine after setkeycodes 71 122 72 123. this is important to support hangul keyboard for korean users.
BTW the hangul keyboard I tested is a PS/2 keyboard. the same problem may happens with a USB keyboard.
Created attachment 129902 [details] proposed patch to use Hangul/Hanja key
Upstream rejects the patch. Please see this: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2817#c4 Quote: I will not accept this patch (or any similar patch) to extend the atkbd.c mapping table - only standard scancodes are allowed there. The table is easily modified from userspace, and that is the way to go. In the past I tried to fill the table with all the entries, but found out that there are two or three keyboards competing for every position in the scancode table, with a different keycode.
------- Additional Comments From zaitcev@redhat.com 2006-06-12 03:23 EST ------- Dmitry changed his mind, here's the new upstream bug: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6642 We're going to get this for free now, from the upstream. Not sure about specific version though, I'll keep this in mind in case I see the changeset.
------- Additional Comments From tagoh@redhat.com 2006-06-12 03:40 EST ------- Thank you for keeping this on track. it sounds great. I'll look forward to apply it in our kernel too.
confirmed a fix in kernel-PAE-2.6.17-1.2586.fc6