linux-kernel - Re: Bug#594089: keyboard-configuration: caps lock keycode problem

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Message-ID: <4CC58816.3090301@triadsys.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:37:26 -0400
From:	Tom Vier <tom@...adsys.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	Samuel Thibault <sthibault@...ian.org>, 594089@...s.debian.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug#594089: keyboard-configuration: caps lock keycode problem

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?
>
> Thanks.

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 ------------

--
Tom Vier <tom@...adsys.com>
Senior Net/Sys Admin
Triad Systems Engineering, Inc.
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