About new firmware update, this is for the media keys works as in Chrome OS without press Ctrl? But Vivaldi part, i not understend….
Vivaldi is the name of the Linux driver that handles the mapping of the top row key functions.
When enabled, the EC will emit non-standard keyboard scancodes which correspond to those functions. The vivaldi driver then maps them to their functions.
When disabled, the keyboard will emit the standard F1…Fn keyboard scancodes.
Ah, then in windows is irrelevant?
coolstar’s driver should handle both cases, but remapping with vivaldi disabled might not be correct as not all keyboards use the same layout, and without vivaldi, the OS has no idea what keys are present
In windows nothing changed still need press ctrl + function key.
About eMMC speed, do you know why in windows the emmc speed is aprox 150 MB/s and in linux (ubuntu) is 300 MB/s?
that’s how coolstar’s driver is set up.
About eMMC speed, do you know why in windows the emmc speed is aprox 150 MB/s and in linux (ubuntu) is 300 MB/s?
no idea, not a Windows dev/user
To make top row function as media keys, I forked GitHub - coolstar/VivaldiKeyboardTester: Vivaldi Keyboard driver simulator · GitHub
I edited the section with “remapCfgs→cfg[]“ in VivaldiKeyboardTester.cpp, compiled it, ran it, put the resulting file in system32/drivers then ran croskbreload.exe in the same directory.
I had to resort to using ctrl+number row as the F1-F12 keys because I couldn’t get ctrl+top row to work.
Cool, please attach the compiled file for test.
https://files.catbox.moe/hrukrw.bin
Rename the file to croskbsettings.bin. Place in C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Either run croskbreload.exe wherever that is, or reboot.
I removed a few of the shortcuts I disliked such as CTRL+Arrow for home/end. Lock is delete.
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The F1…F10 keys not working with Ctrl + Fn, make nothing when are pressed, anyway is good have working the top row with original functions, thanks.
It’s the row underneath (Ctrl+1 → Ctrl+=) it also doesn’t work with extra modifier keys like shift/alt. I couldn’t get it to work as you described as it didn’t register some of the button combinations.
Ok, but another problem; the keboard not have “lock” key, then need some key for delete function.
It would be great if you could compile one with the original deletion key combination; thanks.
If you download the files from GitHub - coolstar/VivaldiKeyboardTester: Vivaldi Keyboard driver simulator · GitHub, and replace VivaldiKeyboardTester.cpp with this modified file (after renaming it), you can compile it yourself.
It’s Right Alt + backspace for delete and lock does Windows+L
The easiest way is downloading visual studio and ticking any boxes for Windows SDK or similar. I don’t have access to my windows chromebook right now.
VivaldiKeyboardTester.patch (45.3 KB)
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