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



On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Mathieu Malaterre
<mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>

After discovering

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475851

the solution was simply to do:

sudo apt-get install -t testing hal-info

Cheers
-- 
Mathieu


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