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Keyboard in Media Center Edition not right?

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First post, by Sunfox

Posted on 2006-11-06, 11:33

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OK, I know keyboard layout problems are common. However I'm using a US-version Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro (the original BIG one). It's plugged in via a PS2 port. Windows XP MCE 2005's region screen shows me as using English (United States) -> Keyboard -> US. But a bunch of keys do not work properly:

~` does nothing
=+ does nothing
[{ does nothing
]} acts as [{
\| acts as [{
' " does nothing

I've done a search on this subject but since the system is *already* set to a US keyboard everything *should* already be working so I'm at a complete loss as to what to do. I did find one thread from another MCE user with the same problem but no solution was provided and he never replied back.

Any suggestions??

Reply 1 of 6, by wd

Posted on 2006-11-06, 11:43

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What dosbox version are you using?
Tried usescancodes=false in dosbox.conf?

Reply 2 of 6, by Sunfox

Posted on 2006-11-06, 23:48

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I'm using v0.65 (sorry, thought I had mentioned that).

I tried changing that setting and there was no difference.

Reply 3 of 6, by wd

Posted on 2006-11-06, 23:52

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Hm don't know how compatible SDL is at all with the mediacenter edition,
somebody else tried it? Maybe you can test some other SDL application
to see if it's a general problem.

Reply 4 of 6, by Sunfox

Posted on 2006-11-07, 08:56

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I don't know what other SDL titles I could try that take text input and come pre-compiled...

Reply 5 of 6, by wd

Posted on 2006-11-07, 12:48

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Maybe browse through http://www.libsdl.org/games.php or their
apps page, no idea if something uses (full) keyboard input.
If even the cursor keys are non-functional under dosbox, there
might be some sdl game that uses cursor controls which you
could test.

Reply 6 of 6, by Sunfox

Posted on 2006-11-08, 04:04

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No, the cursor keys seem to work fine. Oh, and pressing ESC on the command line gives me a \ followed by a line break (not sure if that's normal).

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