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SubjectRe: Bug#594089: keyboard-configuration: caps lock keycode problem
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:46:48AM -0400, Tom Vier wrote:
> On 10/25/2010 02:03 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Tom Vier, le Mon 25 Oct 2010 09:37:26 -0400, a écrit :
> >> On 10/25/2010 12:50 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 04:41:51PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> >>>> The short story is: Tom's keyboard sends all that when he presses caps
> >>>> lock:
> >>>>
> >>>> press: 0x3a 0xe0 0x66
> >>>> repeat: 0x3a
> >>>> release: 0xba 0xe0 0xe6
> >>>>
> >>>> 0xe0 0x66 happens to be the "favorites" key on his keyboard with
> >>>> internet navigation keys. I thus believe there's a bug in his
> keyboard
> >>>> that needs to be filtered at the kernel level.
> >>>>
> >>>> The long story can be read on
> >>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594089
> >>>
> >>> Hmm, the question is whether the real "favorites" key send the same
> >>> usage and the fake one after caps lock. Any chance Tom could locate
> >>> evtest utility and see what MSC_SCAN events being emitted?
> >>
> >> Sure. Here's caps-lock:
> >>
> >> Event: time 1288013671.633008, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> >> Event: time 1288013674.171812, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode),
> value 70039
> >> Event: time 1288013674.171853, type 1 (Key), code 58 (CapsLock), value 1
> >> Event: time 1288013674.171862, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> >> Event: time 1288013674.172210, type 17 (LED), code 1 (CapsLock), value 1
> >> Event: time 1288013674.299553, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode),
> value 70039
> >> Event: time 1288013674.299580, type 1 (Key), code 58 (CapsLock), value 0
> >> Event: time 1288013674.299593, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> >>
> >>
> >> Right-shift (the other problem key):
> >>
> >> Event: time 1288013798.388025, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> >> Event: time 1288013800.742088, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode),
> value 700e5
> >> Event: time 1288013800.742130, type 1 (Key), code 54
> (RightShift), value 1
> >> Event: time 1288013800.742142, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> >> Event: time 1288013800.861777, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode),
> value 700e5
> >> Event: time 1288013800.861812, type 1 (Key), code 54
> (RightShift), value 0
> >> Event: time 1288013800.861824, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> >
> > Could you also post results when pressing the "favorite" and the "prev"
> > internet keys of your keyboard?
> >
> > Samuel
>
>
> It's returning the same codes. Maybe what's going on here is that
> they never worked back in Stable and someone tried to fix those
> keys, not realizing they're the same codes as capslock and
> right-shift. I'll have to test it on my Stable machine tonight to
> see if those keys work or not, tho.
>
> Favorites:
> Event: time 1288041423.048839, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> Event: time 1288041425.068704, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 70039
> Event: time 1288041425.068742, type 1 (Key), code 58 (CapsLock), value 1
> Event: time 1288041425.068754, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> Event: time 1288041425.069105, type 17 (LED), code 1 (CapsLock), value 1
> Event: time 1288041425.260313, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 70039
> Event: time 1288041425.260343, type 1 (Key), code 58 (CapsLock), value 0
> Event: time 1288041425.260347, -------------- Report Sync ------------
>
> Previous:
> Event: time 1288041443.531447, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> Event: time 1288041445.318877, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 700e5
> Event: time 1288041445.318915, type 1 (Key), code 54 (RightShift), value 1
> Event: time 1288041445.318932, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> Event: time 1288041445.438567, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 700e5
> Event: time 1288041445.438606, type 1 (Key), code 54 (RightShift), value 0
> Event: time 1288041445.438629, -------------- Report Sync ------------
>

Hmm, it looks like it uses the same usages (MSC_SCAN) for
CapsLock/Favorites and RightShift/Previous... What does lsusb say about
the keyboard (VID/PID)?

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Dmitry
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