Keyboard Scancode Problems

Keyboard Scancode Problems

[Udo A. Steinberg]

Hi all,

With all the latest kernels (at least since 2.4.0-test12)
I have had occasional problems with a PS/2 keyboard when
switching back and forth between X and text consoles.

In most cases the problem occurs when switching from X to
a text console, which renders the keyboard totally unusable.
Pressing any key results in ^W ^E and other garbage.
Sometimes pressing Ctrl fixes the problem, other times not
even SysRq works.

The kernel logs the following stuff:

keyboard: unrecognized scancode (70) - ignored
keyboard: unrecognized scancode (66) - ignored
keyboard: unknown scancode e0 71
keyboard: unknown scancode e0 70

and so forth. I cannot reliably reproduce it though.

Can someone enlighten me whether this is a keyboard problem,
X problem or something wrong with the kernel's console stuff?

-Udo.
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Re: Keyboard Scancode Problems

[Pierre Rousselet]

"Udo A. Steinberg" wrote:
 
> keyboard: unrecognized scancode (70) - ignored
> keyboard: unrecognized scancode (66) - ignored
> keyboard: unknown scancode e0 71
> keyboard: unknown scancode e0 70

which key do you press to generate such scancodes ?
#showkey -s

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Re: Keyboard Scancode Problems

[Stefan Frank]

Hi Udo!

On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, Udo A. Steinberg wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> With all the latest kernels (at least since 2.4.0-test12)
> I have had occasional problems with a PS/2 keyboard when
> switching back and forth between X and text consoles.
> 
> In most cases the problem occurs when switching from X to
> a text console, which renders the keyboard totally unusable.
> Pressing any key results in ^W ^E and other garbage.
> Sometimes pressing Ctrl fixes the problem, other times not
> even SysRq works.
> 
> The kernel logs the following stuff:
> 
> keyboard: unrecognized scancode (70) - ignored
> keyboard: unrecognized scancode (66) - ignored
> keyboard: unknown scancode e0 71
> keyboard: unknown scancode e0 70
> 
> and so forth. I cannot reliably reproduce it though.
> 
> Can someone enlighten me whether this is a keyboard problem,
> X problem or something wrong with the kernel's console stuff?
> 

I had the same problem when upgrading from 2.4.0-test10 to 2.4.0,
altough my keyboard worked for about half a year without problems. 
But, what a coincidence, it turned out to be a hardware problem. Two pins
of the PS/2 connector were moved inside the connector, thus they didn't
connect to the keyboard controller. I replaced the keyboard cable and
all is well. Did you try to replace the keyboard ?

Regards, Stefan


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keyboard scancode problems

[Joost Gevers]

Hello,

I've a laptop with 2 additional keys for the Euro and Dollar (Acer 
TM8106). 

When I press these keys, I get the following error: 
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xb3 on
isa0060/serio0). 
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e033 <keycode>' to make it known. 
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xb3 on
isa0060/serio0). 
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e033 <keycode>' to make it known. 

When I use setkeycodes to link a keycode to a scancode, as shown below: 

setkeycodes 0xb3 205 

(I think that this is the same as: 
setkeycodes e033 205 
At least it gives identical results) 

To make the key know as Euro key, I do the following: 
loadkeys << "EOF" 
keycode  205 = currency 
EOF 

This results in a the Euro sign on my console with 
setfont lat0-16 -m 8859-15 

Now my question: 
When I do a showkey -s, I expect that when I press the Euro key, which
I 
just linked to 0xb3 will be shown. But the following is the result: 
showkey -s 
kb mode was XLATE 

press any key (program terminates after 10s of last keypress)... 
0x9c 
0xe0 0x25 
0xe0 0xa5 

What is the reason that the scancode which I set differs from what is 
shown by showkey? 

With kind regards 
Joost Gevers