Author Topic: Is Noppoo Choc Mini compatible with Linux (Read 6572 times)

khunny7 · « **on:** Sun, 17 April 2011, 16:13:30 »

I read the description saying that it does not work on Mac.
I don't know why but I assumed that it would work with Linux(I wasn't thinking.)
I purchased the keyboard and I came to realize that Linux is closer to Mac than Windows.
So, does anybody know if it would be compatible with Linux?
If not, is there a workaround solution to this? Thank you.

RiGS · « **Reply #1 on:** Sun, 17 April 2011, 16:39:42 »

It works on Linux just fine.

khunny7 · « **Reply #2 on:** Sun, 17 April 2011, 16:41:00 »

Great! thanks.

RiGS · « **Reply #3 on:** Sun, 17 April 2011, 16:52:22 »

You are Welcome!

keyboardlover · « **Reply #4 on:** Sun, 17 April 2011, 20:59:41 »

RiGS, do you have a link to the source of that information?

alaricljs · « **Reply #5 on:** Sun, 17 April 2011, 21:53:00 »

I just plugged mine into my Gentoo running laptop and yes it works just fine.

khunny7 · « **Reply #6 on:** Sun, 17 April 2011, 22:52:28 »

Quote from: alaricljs;332492

I just plugged mine into my Gentoo running laptop and yes it works just fine.

I wonder if it would work with my android tablet too.

Grimey · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 18 April 2011, 01:54:10 »

Quote from: khunny7;332517

I wonder if it would work with my android tablet too.

That is something I would be interesting in as well.

cbf123 · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 18 April 2011, 10:35:33 »

Linux will use any keyboard mapping you tell it to, and you can customize it as much as you like.

The keyboard will output scancodes, which are then mapped to keycodes, which are then mapped to characters or actions. Both the scancode/keycode and keycode/character(or action) mappings are customizable under Linux.

alaricljs · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 18 April 2011, 10:43:04 »

cbf123 - the issue with the Noppoo is that it presents itself as multiple keyboards. For some reason OSX really doesn't like that. Anyone try BSD ?

dracaXL · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 18 April 2011, 13:40:43 »

My Noppoo works fine under Ubuntu except for specific LEDs not being activated (scroll / switch / caps - num lock works fine)

cbf123 · « **Reply #11 on:** Tue, 19 April 2011, 11:49:22 »

Quote from: alaricljs;332749

cbf123 - the issue with the Noppoo is that it presents itself as multiple keyboards. For some reason OSX really doesn't like that. Anyone try BSD ?

Linux handles multiple keyboards (and multiple mice for that matter) just fine. X just multiplexes all the different inputs.

alaricljs · « **Reply #12 on:** Tue, 19 April 2011, 12:35:16 »

Quote from: cbf123;333472

Linux handles multiple keyboards (and multiple mice for that matter) just fine. X just multiplexes all the different inputs.

I had no question that it would work in linux. I simply ran the test to have the empirical proof. My question is what the problem is with OSX and (being BSD/Mach based) has anyone tried another flavor of BSD?

heedpantsnow · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 20 April 2011, 14:13:25 »

any updates on this?

alaricljs · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 20 April 2011, 15:30:03 »

What is there to update? OP's question is answered.

heedpantsnow · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 20 April 2011, 15:56:15 »

Quote from: ripster;334386

I think he's talking more about the OSX incompatibility.

To be frank I'm a bit perplexed why it isn't fixed by now as well.

This.

Also, about the Caps/Scroll lock possibly not working outside of Windows. Anyone else have experience with that?

molto · « **Reply #16 on:** Sun, 11 December 2011, 01:25:32 »

Quote from: heedpantsnow;334402

This.

Also, about the Caps/Scroll lock possibly not working outside of Windows. Anyone else have experience with that?

Caps lock works but the led doesn't show (not sure about scroll lock, I don't use it). In addition, Ctrl-Alt-F1 switching doesn't work, which means I can't switch out of X or to a separate X instance without plugging in another keyboard. Also the Sysrq functions don't work, which are very handy in safely shutting down an unstable system.

All of the above do work in the linux console, which suggests that this is an Xorg issue. I have tried using evdev and the old keyboard driver, but neither fixes the issue.

iMav · « **Reply #17 on:** Sun, 11 December 2011, 10:45:09 »

I used the Noppoo under Ubuntu and SuSE without issue (also under Win 7 and XP).

OS X issues were why I sold mine.

stfsux · « **Reply #18 on:** Sun, 27 January 2013, 20:13:32 »

Quote from: molto on Sun, 11 December 2011, 01:25:32

Caps lock works but the led doesn't show (not sure about scroll lock, I don't use it). In addition, Ctrl-Alt-F1 switching doesn't work, which means I can't switch out of X or to a separate X instance without plugging in another keyboard. Also the Sysrq functions don't work, which are very handy in safely shutting down an unstable system.

All of the above do work in the linux console, which suggests that this is an Xorg issue. I have tried using evdev and the old keyboard driver, but neither fixes the issue.

Same issue on Debian Squeeze.
Another weird thing is that leds work in openbsd via virtual machine...
It might be a driver issue. As i remember about PS2 keyboard protocol, turning on/off caplock led is done by your computer (host-to-device command), not your keyboard.
I'll take a look about that.

EDIT: Well, the noppoo choc mini is not really supported on Debian Squeeze.
About leds issue, there is a way to make caps lock led working:

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setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps

It will swap ctrl and caps key function but led still works now...
BTW OpenBSD 5.2 fully support n-key rollover USB keyboard (http://www.mail-archive.com/misc@openbsd.org/msg117150.html), that's certainly why everything work well (leds, ctrl+alt+FN, etc.).

TheGreatAmphibianPling · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 28 January 2013, 16:05:30 »

For anyone interested: I use a Filco TKL with Xubuntu (ie a Ubuntu variant). Everything works perfectly except for the Scroll Lock - at least the LED doesn't come on; I'm not really sure what the key is supposed to do.

davkol · « **Reply #20 on:** Tue, 29 January 2013, 11:52:41 »

I prefer LEDs turned off, but I don't think the light on Caps Lock didn't work for me. I won't test it, because I'm too lazy to switch keyboard layout from Colemak to QWERTY (hint: Caps Lock remapped to Backspace).

Choc Mini works perfectly for me (on Linux Mint 13/14) except numpad layer on USB (works fine with PS/2).

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