Re: Keyboard oddness.

Andries Brouwer
2003-09-20T22:18:42Z

On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 04:33:22PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> I've mentioned my keyboard repeat problems before. I grepped through the logs
> and found a whole bunch of these type messages:
>
> Aug 17 05:28:48 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0x1d0,
> on isa0060/serio0) pressed.
> Aug 19 09:06:51 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0x8e,
> on isa0060/serio0) pressed.
...

These are key releases for keys i8042.c didnt know were down.
If otherwise your keyboard functions well, this is harmless.

> Sep 2 13:37:52 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 0, scancode 0xfc,
> on isa0060/serio1) pressed.
> Sep 2 13:37:52 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 0, scancode 0xfc,
> on isa0060/serio1) pressed.

I suppose these are error codes from your mouse.
If so, it is a bug that they ever went to atkbd.c.

Andries