atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0).

[Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>]

Hi there,

  When trying to setup wifi on my DELL Precision M6300, I discover
that pressing the Radio Frequency Kill Switch (Fn+F2), reported some
bizarre stuff in dmesg:

[  147.025486] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[  147.025491] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
[  147.026488] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code
0x88 on isa0060/serio0).
[  147.026495] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known.


which lead to:

$ sudo /sbin/iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

pan0      no wireless extensions.


and then pressing it again:

[  147.025486] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[  147.025491] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
[  147.026488] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code
0x88 on isa0060/serio0).
[  147.026495] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known.
[  372.677144] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
[  446.068109] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code
0x88 on isa0060/serio0).
[  446.068117] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known.


$ sudo /sbin/iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

pan0      no wireless extensions.


1. It seems that Fn+F2 is not working as expected
2. If so, what should I do ?
3. Should I fill in a bug report ?

Thanks,

-- 
Mathieu