Further investigation reveals that this also happens in Gnome. It is as if F1 is being pressed however, if Firefox is in the foreground it is not Firefox's help that is launched.
Furthermore, it seems that press the lock button the first time elicts the 'setkeycodes e058' kernel message. Unlocking the touchpad is recognized as a different keycode. -- [Feisty] synaptic keypad lock button launches KDE Help Center https://launchpad.net/bugs/91056 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
