So what you're saying is what I would imagine is happening, for example DietPi and I think Raspberry OS both make you input what language your keyboard is, there is no auto detect. So would be weird if you can change it physically but no OS respects it. I plugged it into a computer running Mint Linux a while back and I remember it made me do the press the button next to shift on the left / right side for detection.Language versions?
Maybe but that doesn't match my understanding of USB HID keyboards work.
AIUI the keyboard is supposed to always sends key events as if it were US ASCII*. It's up to the OS to translate that to the local layout. Makes sense as you only need one to many translation tables rather than the many to many if it were the other way around.
Maybe there is some special magic going on so the keyboard can tell the host Pi what layout it is so you don't have to.
Usual caveats apply.
*: except for keys that aren't present on a US keyboard, obviously.
Kinda, yeah. A FR keyboard has A and Z as the first two keys next to TAB. It still sends Q and W to the USB host which then translates to A and Z. Etc.
If it is something clever going on it's almost certainly Pi specific.
Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:33 pm