Re: attaching a keyboard later

From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger_at_mac.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:25:46 -0500
Brian Candler wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 09:26:51AM -0500, Chuck Swiger wrote:
>> Brian Candler wrote:
[ ... ]
> Setting bit 0 gives a numeric value of 0x1. Yes?

Yes.

> The man page says that "This option prevents the driver from being
> installed" if a keyboard is not actually attached to the system at bootup
> time.

Agreed.

> The OP wanted to ensure that his keyboard would work if plugged in later.
> 
> According to the manpage, then, he would need to set this flag to 0x0 (or at
> least, any value with the LSB set to 0, i.e. any even value)
> 
> According to someone else, it's necessary to set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"
> 
> Therefore, I perceive a conflict in information. If I'm overlooking
> something, can you please point it out to me?

Ah, I see the conflict too.  Maybe I'm getting too used to toggling bits when
the thing they control doesn't work right to pay sufficient attention to which
value actually over-rides the default behavior.  :-)

-- 
-Chuck
Received on Mon Feb 20 2006 - 14:26:00 UTC

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