Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265653AbUAHRXa (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:23:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265615AbUAHRWs (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:22:48 -0500 Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.5]:55644 "EHLO smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265592AbUAHRWB (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:22:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:21:50 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: Alwin Meschede Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Numbersign key dysfunctional in 2.6.1-rc Message-Id: <20040108172150.418251dd@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <3FFD82E2.7090105@gmx.de> References: <3FFD82E2.7090105@gmx.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Thu__8_Jan_2004_17_21_50_+0000_.f4OOtMlpP4WLAR=" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2004 17:22:17.0760 (UTC) FILETIME=[F73F2200:01C3D60B] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1962 Lines: 54 --Signature=_Thu__8_Jan_2004_17_21_50_+0000_.f4OOtMlpP4WLAR= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:18:42 +0100 Alwin Meschede wrote: | until kernel version 2.6.1-rc1, the numbersign/tilde key on my | Logitech USB keyboard used to generate the scancode 0x2b. Under | 2.6.1-rc1 and newer versions, it generates 0x54, which I suppose to | collide with SysRQ or something like that (I found some information | indicating this in | http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0003.2/0721.html ). As | result, the numbersign key causes things like switching from one | console to another instead of printing a numbersign... My Microsoft Natural (USB, GB layout) keyboard is similarly broken. The onboard keyboard (IBM ThinkPad T30, GB layout) is quite happy with #~, but with the USB keyboard I get no output. xev tells me: KeyPress event, serial 23, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001, root 0x48, subw 0x0, time 67813064, (211,112), root:(460,399), state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False Everything works as expected with 2.6.0. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail: ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature=_Thu__8_Jan_2004_17_21_50_+0000_.f4OOtMlpP4WLAR= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//ZGx96zL6DUtXhERAo4RAKCg3wOYRy05hhBxmjk4qKfx9ufGIwCfTMsJ zYa+de/xMB9i2zM+7ieLopM= =5biW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__8_Jan_2004_17_21_50_+0000_.f4OOtMlpP4WLAR=-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/