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



On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 11:09:29AM +0100, Charlie Grosvenor wrote:
> On Sunday, September 05, 2004 3:10 AM, Pigeon wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Its not X as I do not have an xserver running. I think its an issue with
> this keyboard,  but cannot find anything specific for it on Google. Any
> ideas?

kbdrate is another candidate.

What else is in the logs around this time? Does this keyboard involve
any unusual kernel modules?

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