On karmic the functions keys are not working with Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. F. ex. with F1 no help appears and it is not possible to switch to a terminal console with Strg-Alt F1.
>xev shows for F1 KeyPress event, serial 93, synthetic NO, window 0x4600001, root 0x13c, subw 0x0, time 1823383, (69,-14), root:(116,41), state 0x10, keycode 146 (keysym 0xff6a, Help), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 93, synthetic NO, window 0x4600001, root 0x13c, subw 0x0, time 1823527, (69,-14), root:(116,41), state 0x10, keycode 146 (keysym 0xff6a, Help), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False Xorg.0.log: (**) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: always reports core events (**) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Device: "/dev/input/event7" (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Found keys (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Configuring as keyboard (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "microsoft7000" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" (**) Option "xkb_variant" "sundeadkeys" (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:alts_toggle,compose:lwin" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button (**) Power Button: always reports core events (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0" (II) Power Button: Found keys (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "microsoft7000" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" (**) Option "xkb_variant" "sundeadkeys" (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:alts_toggle,compose:lwin" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button (**) Power Button: always reports core events (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1" (II) Power Button: Found keys (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "microsoft7000" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" (**) Option "xkb_variant" "sundeadkeys" (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:alts_toggle,compose:lwin" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus (**) Video Bus: always reports core events (**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event3" (II) Video Bus: Found keys (II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "microsoft7000" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" (**) Option "xkb_variant" "sundeadkeys" (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:alts_toggle,compose:lwin" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (**) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: always reports core events (**) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Device: "/dev/input/event8" (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Found 1 mouse buttons (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Found scroll wheel(s) (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Found keys (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Configuring as keyboard (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Adding scrollwheel support (**) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "microsoft7000" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" (**) Option "xkb_variant" "sundeadkeys" (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:alts_toggle,compose:lwin" (EE) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: failed to initialize for relative axes. -- microsoft ergonomic keyboard 4000 multimedia keys no long work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275268 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs