Genius slimstar pro keyboard

Hey all,

I have a Genius slimstar pro USB keyboard. I am having the
same  
problems as other people
are having  
(http://www.google.com/bsd?hl=en
&lr=&q=genius+slimstar+pro&btnG=Search)  
with
this keyboard. There seems to be no resolution to this
problem short  
of buying a new
keyboard.

The problem I'm having is when you hit any key, other than
enter, on  
the USB keyboard, it
outputs garbage (extended ASCII characters like the spades
symbol, for  
example). If I hit
d, it is the same as hitting ctrl+d. It does output the same
symbols  
for each key, so at
least there is some consistency 

I also have a AT keyboard plugged in which works as it
should until I  
hit a key on the
USB keyboard. If I hit a key on the USB keyboard, the AT
keyboard  
starts outputting the
same characters as the USB keyboard. I have also tried
without the AT  
keyboard plugged
in, there is no change.

I read in another post that disabling all legacy AT support
in the  
kernel could fix this.
I tried this to no avail.

When I use kbdcontrol -i for any keyboard, I get the
following  
message: kbdcontrol:
unable to obtain keyboard information: Inappropriate ioctl
for device.  
When I try a
kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0 I get the message: kbdcontrol:
cannot open  
/dev/ukbd0: Device
busy. When I try to disconnect the USB keyboard from the
kbmux, I get:  
kbdcontrol: unable
to obtain keyboard information: Inappropriate ioctl for
device.

The important lines at boot up, in order of appearance, are:
kbd1 at kbdmux0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64
irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <aT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ukbd0: vendor 0x0458 ABBHOME, rev 1.10/1.01, addr 3, iclass
3/1
kbd2 at ukbd0

What I would find really helpful from you people is any
idea's about  
how to move forward
with/resolve this problem. I am happy to trawl through and
modify any code.

One idea I have, and correct me if I'm wrong, is to get
each  
individual keyscan code from
the keyboard and map this into the relating file, ukbd.c or
one of the  
related header
files?

If anyone is needing any additional info on this one, just
yell out  
and I will get this
to you.

Thanks in advanced,

Sam.

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