Bug#593742: keyboard-configuration: caps lock keycode problem

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 593742 linux-2.6/2.6.32-27
found 593742 linux-2.6/2.6.26-24lenny1
tags 593742 = upstream
forwarded 593742 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.input/16120
retitle 593742 Logitech USB keyboard: caps lock toggles bookmark sidebar, right shift acts as "Previous"
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Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> Thanks Tom. This device is handled by drivers/hid/hid-lg.c sub-driver
> and there seem to be a few issues there, still I do not see how they can
> produce the results you are seeing.
>
> First of all, the device appears to use duplicate usages for
> CapsLock/Favorites and RightShift/Previous so we better set up the
> duplicate usages quirk. I wonder how the other OS copes with diferent
> keys using the same usages. Jiri, any ideas?
>
> Also, based on evtest data I only see presses/releases for one key (Caps
> Lock, Right Shift, etc.) I do not see the presses for the additional
> keys in the evtest stream so I am baffled as to where the additional
> scancode is coming from... Do you have some funky keymap loaded?
> Anything interesting in dumpkeys?

Just summarizing the status (no obviously relevant changes upstream
recently).  Not sure what the best way to move this one forward is.