diff -Naur a/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c b/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c
--- a/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c	2016-10-19 21:56:26.000000000 -0600
+++ b/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c	2017-01-05 15:42:42.083599278 -0700
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 };
 
 static int SDL_EVDEV_is_console(int fd) {
-    int type;
+    char type;
     
     return isatty(fd) && ioctl(fd, KDGKBTYPE, &type) == 0 &&
         (type == KB_101 || type == KB_84);
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@
     }
     
     type = KTYP(kbe.kb_value);
-    
+
+#if 0    
     if (type < 0xf0) {
         /* 
          * FIXME: keysyms with a type below 0xf0 represent a unicode character
@@ -363,7 +364,8 @@
     }
     
     type -= 0xf0;
-    
+#endif    
+
     /* if type is KT_LETTER then it can be affected by Caps Lock */
     if (type == KT_LETTER) {
         type = KT_LATIN;