Description of problem: I have a USB-connected Microsoft Natural 4000 keyboard. The F10/Spell key doesn't have a keycode according to xev. In fact, xev doesn't register any event at all when I press F10 with F-lock off. (Of course, I get keycode 76 when F-lock is on.) All the rest of the F-keys are recognized and have a keycode when F-lock is off, with the single exception of F10/Spell. "showkey -s" gives me no output at all when I press F10/Spell. "showkey" alone gives me keycode 432. The F10/Spell key is therefore effectively dead on this keyboard when the F-lock is off. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.x86_64 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Load xev 2. Make sure F-lock is off. 3. Press the F10/Spell key Actual results: No event registers with xev when the F10/Spell key is pressed Expected results: Should see an event with a scancode listed when the F10/Spell key is pressed Additional info: Marko Vojinovic advised me as follows on the Fedora user mailing list: Now, how to fix the missing scancode in the kernel table is a different issue, since the table seems hard-coded into the kernel.... the kernel table above does not seem to have a scancode map of keycode 432. If that gets fixed, your key should start working automagically under X, and you will be able to read off the X keycode using xev.
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