Public bug reported: I've had this problem through a few Ubuntu releases (so I can't quite tell which release it appeared in), but now it's annoyed me enough to actually file a bug report...
The problem is that the function keys (F1-F12) don't do anything. If I run xev, nothing is reported for these keys. Other keys will have events reported. If I run dmesg (or tail /var/log/messages), I get a bunch of these errors: Aug 3 00:08:24 xyz kernel: [83142.203974] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0). Aug 3 00:08:24 xyz kernel: [83142.203981] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059 <keycode>' to make it known. The problem seems related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/392489 - but that bug is reported as only happening sometimes. For me, it happens ALWAYS. Combinations with other keys (Alt/Ctrl/AltGr) doesn't change anything, the keys don't do anything. This means that something as simple as pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 to drop into a tty terminal is not possible. Using showkey, I get the same result as with xev - none of these keys generate any result. Using tail -f /var/log/messages, I've found that these are the keycodes that need to be mapped: F1 - e03b F2 - e008 F3 - e007 F4 - e03e F5 - e03f F6 - e040 F7 - e041 F8 - e042 F9 - e043 F10 - e023 F11 - e057 F12 - e058 I have a Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard. All multimedia keys, like Play, Stop, Mute, Volume +/-, work as expected... I am running Jaunty / 9.04, but this problem was definitely there is 08.10, and probably also 08.04. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Function keys F1-F12 not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
