Description of problem: I have an HP EliteBook 8530p laptop with an up2date F13. The system erroneously recognizes key stroke F4 as key "p". This is really annoying as I use Fn+F4 key combination for external monitor switching (see bug #576114). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-PAE-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686 xorg-x11-server-common-1.8.0-12.fc13.i686 How reproducible: Always. Additional info: Here is xev output after pressing F4 and "p": KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001, root 0x10c, subw 0x0, time 6121185, (1247,146), root:(1251,227), state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001, root 0x10c, subw 0x0, time 6121238, (1247,146), root:(1251,227), state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001, root 0x10c, subw 0x0, time 6128961, (1247,146), root:(1251,227), state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001, root 0x10c, subw 0x0, time 6129012, (1247,146), root:(1251,227), state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p" XFilterEvent returns: False
Just one more thing to avoid any confusions, the above output of xev after pressing F4 and "p" really is identical!
I have to make a correction to the bug report. I can't reproduce the above anymore, however, what happens now is that pressing Fn+F4 results in a key stroke "p". Pressing just F4 results in a normal F4 key stroke. Another thing. Using F12 with kernel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 on the same laptop, I can't reproduce this problem. So it seems this regression was introduced somewhere between. Hope this helps in resolving this issue!
I have tried the LiveUSB version of F14 on the same laptop and the issue remains. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 xorg-x11-server-common-1.9.0-15.fc14.i686 This is quite annoying... does anyone have any clue on what causes this weird behaviour?
I've had the opportunity to try Fn+F4 key combination on another HP laptop and it has the same bug. Model number is EliteBook 8540p.
I can't reproduce the bug on an up2date F-15, so I'm closing it.