"1) Do you actually have superflous key strokes, along with that which is logged in dmesg?" Nope, totally asymptomatic.
"2) Could you please test the latest mainline kernel (now 5.9.1) and advise to the results?" Here ya go. I can attach entire dmesg if you want, but from 5.9.1 dmesg: [ 256.705741] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0). [ 256.705745] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known. [ 265.118971] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0). [ 265.118975] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known. "3) Did you personally test this with your Inspiron 1545 in a prior version of Ubuntu" No. I don't think it started logging this (at least often enough to notice) until my battery went from holding like a minute or two of battery life to holding 0, which only happened in the last 2-4 weeks. Honestly, I'd be totally fine if it was closed "wontfix" (I guess launchpad doesn't have that) or "invalid", the kernel's logging a non- standard keystroke sent by the Dell, which seems legitimate and harmless (it'd be a nuisance if it was every second but it's not close to that); in addition the Dell is effectively sending it in response to a hardware failure, so I could see "if you don't want this in your kernel log, replace your battery" being a legitimate response. Let me know and I'll set it! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901083 Title: Inpsiron 1545 -- superflous key stroke logs (translated set 2, code 0x8d) Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On my Dell Inspiron 1545 dmesg, I get: [ 529.926369] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0). [ 529.926374] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known. [ 536.168508] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0). [ 536.168512] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known. This will be like 2-10 seconds apart, then it could be 5 minutes or more between pairs. I've been running 5.7.19 kernel (installed via mainline), but did boot 5.4.0-52-generic to file this since it's a supported kernel. My battery packed up quite a while ago and shows 0% charge.. it has begun every so often "dropping off" and back on a few seconds later, both in gkrellm, and whatever app shows the battery icon in top right (near network manager, volume, etc.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: linux-image-5.4.0-52-generic 5.4.0-52.57~18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 22 15:13:25 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-09 (774 days ago) InstallationMedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=screen.xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe-5.4 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.18 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: hwertz 3637 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-09 (774 days ago) InstallationMedia: MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1545 Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=screen.xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-52-generic root=UUID=e2909436-8fb2-4f09-a757-822f78af9d2e ro nosplash noautogroup mitigations=off ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-52-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-52-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173.19 StagingDrivers: ashmem_linux Tags: bionic staging Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers xpra _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A14 dmi.board.name: 0G848F dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd12/07/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G848F:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1901083/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
