Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xkeyboard-config
Hi,
At the first look to this bug it will seem very similar to the BUG
#272606 but in fact it is slight different one.
I am using Ubuntu 8.10 64Bits installed in a laptop HP Pavilion dv2225nr
with has a US keyboard that works very well (including most of
Multimedia keys - that ones I use). When working at home or office desk
I have a "Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.1" and I configured
it as a "Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.0A" that is almost the
same keyboard (as far as I know the 1.1 is a combo of keyboard and mouse
which means that is the same keyboard plus a mouse in the same package).
This configuration made almost all multimedia and extra keys to work
just out of the box (thanks Ubuntu team) and the others just need to be
configured (assign a shortcut to it). Please, refers to attached image
of these keyboards but be aware that images are from a US version and
mine is an ABNT2 version.
However, I leave in Brazil and write in Portuguese here. Also I bought
my Microsoft keyboard here in Brazil and because this it is an ABNT2
type keyboard. To be an ABNT2 basically means that it has a dedicated
"รง" (c-cedilla) dedicated key, quote marks (" and ') and accute signal
in two separate keys (with US keyboards we need "dead-keys" to
differentiate between quotes and accent marks) and Numpad has as comma
(,) in the place of dot (.) and the dot is an extra key (compared with
us keyboards) above enter key (in the numpad). The ABNT2 behavior of
this keyboard is working nice for all keys except Numpad dot. Referring
to Bug #272606 where the dot and comma was working both as comma, the
problem with Microsoft ABNT2 here is that Numpad comma works nicely as
comma but Numpad dot simply doesn't work (it does not produce any signal
when pressed).
Following the BUG #272606 comments I've investigated that this is using
evdev driver with "microsoftmulti" symbols. The file
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet (where microsoftmulti is defined) does
not contain KPPT symbol definitions as in the file
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/br. I really don't know where it matters or
not, I was investigating but without wide knowledge about xkb
functionality. And using XEV I discovered that there was no keycode
recognition for Numpad dot as below:
--- XEV output for COMMA (working) and DOT (not working) ---
KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
root 0x1a6, subw 0x0, time 2832614, (500,268), root:(510,341),
state 0x10, keycode 91 (keysym 0xffac, KP_Separator), same_screen YES,
XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 129
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2c) ","
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2c) ","
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
root 0x1a6, subw 0x0, time 2832734, (500,268), root:(510,341),
state 0x10, keycode 91 (keysym 0xffac, KP_Separator), same_screen YES,
XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 129
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2c) ","
XFilterEvent returns: False
FocusOut event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
FocusIn event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
KeymapNotify event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
More debug information:
jrben...@bisonho:~$ apt-cache policy xkb-data
xkb-data:
Installed: 1.3-2ubuntu4.4
Candidate: 1.3-2ubuntu4.4
Version table:
*** 1.3-2ubuntu4.4 0
500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.3-2ubuntu4 0
500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Xprop information:
jrben...@bisonho:~$ xprop -root |grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "microsoftmult", "br,us", ",intl",
"lv3:ralt_switch,grp_led:scroll,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:shifts_toggle"
Thanks and regards,
Benito
** Affects: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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ABNT2 (microsoft brand) Numpad keyboard key missing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337843
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