Bug 440460

Summary: Multimedia keys on Keytronic USB keyboard not supported
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Allen Barnett <allen>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Allen Barnett 2008-04-03 17:15:28 UTC
Description of problem:
The multimedia keys on my Keytronic USB keyboard are not recognized by the kernel.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 4, RHEL 5, Fedora 8

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Plug in keyboard
2. Run either showkey in the console or xev under X. 
3. Press multimedia keys
  
Actual results:
No response in either showkey or xev.

Expected results:
Scancodes printed by showkey or X events from xev.

Additional info:
There is a service ticket 1735650 which states this issue has been escalated to
engineering with reference IssueTracker #170350.

Comment 1 ritz 2008-04-03 17:31:57 UTC
showkeys and xev does not register any key event.
additionally, kerne does not report any "atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed ...."
messages.



Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-11-26 10:22:41 UTC
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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-01-09 06:19:04 UTC
Fedora 8 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-01-07. Fedora 8 is 
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