Numbersign key dysfunctional in 2.6.1-rc

Numbersign key dysfunctional in 2.6.1-rc

[Alwin Meschede]

Hello,

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...

Alwin Meschede

Re: Numbersign key dysfunctional in 2.6.1-rc

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:18:42 +0100 Alwin Meschede <ameschede@gmx.de>
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


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