Bug#594089: keyboard-configuration: caps lock keycode problem

[Tom Vier <tom@triadsys.com>]

On 08/23/2010 11:59 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> forcemerge 594089 593742
> reassign 594089 linux-2.6
> retitle 594089 caps lock keyboard code problem
> thanks
>
> Hello,
>
> Please do not submit another report for the same issue, just reassign.

Sorry, didn't know I could.

> Tom, le Mon 23 Aug 2010 11:43:53 -0400, a écrit :
> > KeyRelease event, serial 105, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
> >      root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 1729143, (166,-8), root:(190,128),
> >      state 0x12, keycode 66 (keysym 0xffe5, Caps_Lock), same_screen YES,
> >      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> >      XFilterEvent returns: False
> >
> > KeyRelease event, serial 106, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
> >      root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 1729166, (166,-8), root:(190,128),
> >      state 0x10, keycode 164 (keysym 0x1008ff30, XF86Favorites), same_screen
> > YES,
> >      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> >      XFilterEvent returns: False
> >
> > KeyPress event, serial 106, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
> >      root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 1729166, (166,-8), root:(190,128),
> >      state 0x10, keycode 164 (keysym 0x1008ff30, XF86Favorites), same_screen
> > YES,
> >      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> >      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> >      XFilterEvent returns: False
> >
> > KeyRelease event, serial 106, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
> >      root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 1729168, (166,-8), root:(190,128),
> >      state 0x10, keycode 164 (keysym 0x1008ff30, XF86Favorites), same_screen
> > YES,
> >      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> >      XFilterEvent returns: False
>
> That's very odd.  I guess this is due either to an upgrade of linux-2.6
> or an upgrade of xserver-xorg-input-evdev.  At this stage I'd rather
> think about linux-2.6.  Could you check in the linux console (without X)
> what happens with showkey -s ? (here it shows 0x3a 0xba)
>
> Samuel

It says UNICODE mode and the codes for caps lock are:

press: 0x3a 0xe0 0x66
repeat: 0x3a
release: 0xba 0xe0 0x

I also just discovered the right shift key goes back a page in 
iceweasel. Here are the right-shift codes:

xev:
KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4800001,
    root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 876874940, (169,-12), root:(199,150),
    state 0x11, keycode 62 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4800001,
    root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 876874941, (169,-12), root:(199,150),
    state 0x10, keycode 166 (keysym 0x1008ff26, XF86Back), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False


showkey -s:
press: 0x36 0xe0 0x6a
repeat: 0x36
release: 0xb6 0xe0 0xea

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