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Re: localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed



On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 08:56:42PM +0100, Charlie Grosvenor wrote:
> Hello, I have a Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite keyboard, I keep getting
> messages like these:
> 
> Sep  4 19:31:27 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated
> set 2, code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0).
> Sep  4 19:31:27 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059 <keycode>'
> to make it known.
> 
> appearing on the console and the messages log. I could understand them if I
> was pressing one of the additional keys back, forward etc. but it occurs
> when I am typing using keys that are on all keyboards. Can anybody explain
> this? Also how can I go about stopping these messages?

It probably means that something - X perhaps - is accessing the
keyboard hardware directly. Plug the exact error message into Google
and you should get lots of useful stuff.

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