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Voglscheichn

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Registered: 2015-08-31

Posts: 6

MIDI Keyboard driver

Hey,

I own a special ps/2 keyboard called "Creative ProdiKeys MIDI Keyboard" with an integrated MIDI interface. I wanted to get it run on linux, but I cannot find any working driver for it. It seems to be a problem on Windows too, since the keyboard only seems to work until Windows XP. The normal key are working without any problem, only the MIDI keys do not work. I already monitored the output of the keyboard with evtest, but evtest does not show anything on pressing a MIDI button which would be very useful for developing a new driver. Are there any ps/2 debugging tools? Or do you have another suggestion to get it work on Arch?

I found a picture of it on google:

Thank you

Voglscheichn

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

Posts: 4,092

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Re: MIDI Keyboard driver

Oh my gosh. I thought that was a joke!

A quick Internet search suggests no... https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=15947

...it may be one of those silly "Windows only" devices, where half of the functionality was programmed into the Windows XP driver...

Voglscheichn

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Registered: 2015-08-31

Posts: 6

Re: MIDI Keyboard driver

Oh no, but the link thread exactly represents the behavior.