Bug#488685: xserver-xorg-input-kbd: Acer TravelMate 2303M : the 'Fn' key is inverted

[Christophe Lohr]

Christophe Lohr a écrit :

Package: xserver-xorg-input-kbd
Version: 1:1.3.1-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

My laptop is an Acer TravelMate 2303M. There is a blue 'Fn' (function) key to activate extra (blue) functions on some keys. For instance, the 'j' key is also '1' by pressing keys 'Fn' plus 'j'

Now the 'Fn' is inverted : I have to press Fn+j keys to get a 'j'. Without the 'Fn' key I get a '1'.

Hi,

Here is my keybord configuration (/etc/X11/xorg.conf):
Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
       Driver          "kbd"
       Option          "CoreKeyboard"
       Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
       Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
       Option          "XkbLayout"     "fr-latin9"
EndSection

Please note that playing  with Options does not solve the problem.
However, is there some work-around solution?

Many thanks.

Here is the output of "xev" while pressing and releasing the 'j' key (i.e.
without the 'Fn' key):

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x55, subw 0x0, time 203540, (340,244), root:(344,290),
    state 0x10, keycode 87 (keysym 0xffb1, KP_1), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (31) "1"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (31) "1"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x55, subw 0x0, time 203670, (340,244), root:(344,290),
    state 0x10, keycode 87 (keysym 0xffb1, KP_1), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (31) "1"
    XFilterEvent returns: False


Now, by pressing 'Fn+j' :

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x55, subw 0x0, time 205218, (340,244), root:(344,290),
    state 0x10, keycode 44 (keysym 0x6a, j), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6a) "j"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6a) "j"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x55, subw 0x0, time 205402, (340,244), root:(344,290),
    state 0x10, keycode 44 (keysym 0x6a, j), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6a) "j"
    XFilterEvent returns: False


As you can see, it should be the opposite.

However, on a text console, the 'Fn' behaves normally: 'j' means 'j' and 'Fn+j' means '1'. Here is the "showkey" output:

0x24    (keycode 106 press)

0xa4 0x4f (keycode 49 press) 0xcf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-kbd depends on:
ii  libc6              2.7-10                GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  xserver-xorg-core  2:1.4.1~git20080517-2 Xorg X server - core server

xserver-xorg-input-kbd recommends no packages.

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