You have been subscribed to a public bug: I'm using a USB barcode reader that mimics a keyboard. Using Windows, the barcode reads correctly but in both Lubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.04, it drops some repeating chars. It consistently outputs the same value in both.
For example: Barcode 5034660520825 becomes: 503466052825 (Drops third 0) Barcode 8714789763620 becomes: 8714976320 (Drops 7,8,6) Using usbmon, I captured the input and translated the codes in http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/Hut1_12v2.pdf . The values being received from the reader are correct. The repeating chars are being received by Ubuntu but are not output. Looking at the output from lsusb, the device is recognised as a USB HID but uses ID 0416:c141 which is described as "Winbond Electronics Corp." which may not be the correct manufacturer. This has been recreated on both a physical machine and VM. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-4.2.0-35-generic 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt5 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-35-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Mon May 2 21:23:33 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-15 (48 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1) SourcePackage: linux-lts-wily UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- USB Keyboard Barcode scanner drops chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577559 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. -- 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