I should note that I don't have a Microsoft keyboard but a Saitek Eclipse II keyboard. Relevant inputs:
/dev/input/event5 bustype : BUS_USB vendor : 0x6a3 product : 0x8021 version : 273 name : "Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboa" phys : "usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0" uniq : "" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_MSC EV_LED EV_REP /dev/input/event6 bustype : BUS_USB vendor : 0x6a3 product : 0x8021 version : 273 name : "Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboa" phys : "usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input1" uniq : "" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_MSC The feature that causes the problem here is the button to turn on/off/change the kb backlight color. input-events for /dev/input/event6: First press (backlight off->blue): emulates left click 19:43:40.885931: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646143 19:43:40.885936: EV_KEY BTN_0 (0x100) pressed 19:43:40.885941: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646140 19:43:40.885942: EV_KEY BTN_3 (0x103) released 19:43:40.885943: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 Second press (blue->red): emulates middle click 19:43:43.101984: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646143 19:43:43.101989: EV_KEY BTN_0 (0x100) released 19:43:43.101992: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646142 19:43:43.101992: EV_KEY BTN_1 (0x101) pressed 19:43:43.101996: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 Third press (red->purple): emulates right click 19:43:38.005865: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646142 19:43:38.005869: EV_KEY BTN_1 (0x101) released 19:43:38.005871: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646141 19:43:38.005872: EV_KEY BTN_2 (0x102) pressed 19:43:38.005874: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 Fourth press (purple->off) emulates ??? 19:43:39.765915: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646141 19:43:39.765921: EV_KEY BTN_2 (0x102) released 19:43:39.765925: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -1664614019 19:43:39.765926: EV_KEY BTN_3 (0x103) pressed 19:43:39.765928: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 It seems to me this might be fundamentally a udev issue.. but I'm not qualified to judge that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/636311 Title: Keyboard special keys interfere with mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/636311/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
