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| From | Anthony Maples <anthonym7009@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: quality keyboards |
| Date | 2015-09-01 00:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <q3Fr3-3Tm-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (9 earlier) <q3u2B-47R-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <q3vi2-64Z-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <q3wxr-7Mx-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <q3xDc-RS-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <q3ypz-259-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 08/31/2015 10:06 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:40:22 +0900 > Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Gian Uberto Lauri <saint@eng.it> wrote: >>> Joel Rees writes: >>> > >>> > Say what? Since when does a keyboard need a firmware update? >>> > >>> > Hmm. Maybe the USB controller stuff, but still, ... >>> >>> Nope. Check the item before engaging the fingers :). >> >> Well, actually, I was responding to Petter, I think, whose keyboard >> does not have the colored lights? > > No, it doesn't. But it has 5 macro keys, intended to be used in > Windows games for sending series of keystrokes. Under Linux, they > simply send normal keycodes, but I believe the Windows drivers and > software do more than that. There are also a couple of other keys that > I do not know the intended use of - maybe there is some magic that needs > firmware there. > >>> > Can you tell what the micro-controller is? Maybe try re-programming it? >>> >>> They are working on reverse-engineering the communication protocol and >>> re-programming instructions. >> >> Do tell: Who are _they_? And do they have a website? > > And if this concerns Razer keyboards, I'd also be very interested. > > Petter > A related article that I found a while ago: https://spritesmods.com/?art=rapidisnake It doesn't sound like it's for any of your keyboards, but it proves that it is definitely possible to re-write keyboard firmware. Also, if you find yourself with an excessive amount of free time, you might want to take a look at some of the other projects that he's done; they are really interesting. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJV5NB8AAoJEKsIo3dIjvw7fbAH/jNC8W6QUek1R5nSkMzOUE/B 0MsfAnCjarZLjsGSeTGNyoNSIriiYRtT2AIWNZ2GmSVQJuzm2iSKNKxqkBXWObz7 0yAoxvWJWkvw75mWCtR5H5jGOb2uNtWdOJnIvVPH86USl9qnqUDp57LhPCV4ZutL Gc73+saD/3bdqeIfNxXpL9tyUas3ohtWE1LqUmWRYD08woWX3a7v8yhNs00id7iF 9brdUEh9k+0ehUoK186vaLuQRBzJjlfAbztCLcOMnskTUWbUK+RbQFe3+IOt6MKx db3Tn4skCeOpZtbGqvcluwnCCMKnt8t+27yoajqdIN+HBjY6aVt3iesON0fMKrQ= =+kX5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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quality keyboards rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-31 09:10 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 09:40 +0200
Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it> - 2015-08-31 09:50 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 12:00 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:20 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 14:30 +0200
Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it> - 2015-08-31 14:40 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 15:50 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 16:40 +0200
Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it> - 2015-08-31 17:00 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Anthony Maples <anthonym7009@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 00:10 +0200
Re: quality keyboards "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-08-31 16:10 +0200
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Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:10 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-31 14:30 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 15:00 +0200
Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it> - 2015-08-31 15:10 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 15:10 +0200
Re: quality keyboards Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 13:20 +0200
Re: quality keyboards David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 17:40 +0200
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