[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] USB host mode and keyboards

[From: Simon Jansen]

Hi, excuse me if this isn't quite the right place to ask this. I am new to the
list. I am hoping to get into developing for the 770 soon (I am a dev by
profession and have worked on Palm dev in the past) but as I am new to Linux I
am starting by learning to cope with that first. 

I also like tinkering with hardware and have made myself a nice little USB power
box and have worked out the intricacies of gaining root mode and enabling USB
host mode on my device. When I connect my USB keyboard however I have a problem
where every key-press starts autorepeating immediately. The keyboard itself
works fine in other devices. The box also allows me to mount USB keyring type
drives to the device.

I know host mode isn't officially supported on the device but I am wondering if
there is a way to change the key repeat rate or generally fiddle with the
configuration or settings to be able to get the keyboard working? I did find
there are some Linux commands (kbdrate I think?) commonly used for such things
but they aren't supported on the 770. The odd thing is other people using USB
keyboards through similar hacks say on theirs they only get the occasional stuck
repeating keys. I do want to try an alternative USB keyboard with the device and
my power box sometimes to see how that behaves but I haven't got another
keyboard to try yet.

Thanks!

Simon

Simon Jansen
www.asciimation.co.nz