[Bug 838760] Re: Support Word/Excel keys on Chicony KB-0350 keyboard

[anatoly techtonik]

Ok. It is like 6 years later and 18.04 at the door. I don't use those
two keys on Ubuntu, but the scroller wheel works as expected.

The confusing part is that `/etc/default/keyboard` lists my keyboard as
`XKBMODEL="pc105"` but I've got (17 keypad + 13 navigation + 13 F/ESC
keys) = 43 plus 62 = 105 main keys. And also there are 12 helper keys
like refresh, back, etc. + 6 media keys + 2 excel/word leys + scroller,
also clickable. So there are 125 keys without scroller and 126 with.

I found that `pc105` string comes from
`/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst` so I want my keyboard to present
there too so that I can select it. I also found
`/usr/share/X11/xkb/geometry` which describes 86-key keyboard
https://www.apt-browse.org/browse/debian/wheezy/main/all/xkb-
data/2.5.1-3/file/usr/share/X11/xkb/geometry/chicony and I want to add
my keyboard with all my keys there too.

But I first, I need to find some software that allows to check all my
key mappings visually.

So far I found this description of PS/2 device discovery, which could be a good starting point:
https://www.mattfischer.com/blog/archives/182

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Title:
  Support Word/Excel keys on Chicony KB-0350 keyboard

Status in udev package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.04 doesn't understand Word/Excel keys from Chicony KB-0350
  keyboard when they are pressed in Keyboard Shortcuts application.

  Using instructions from /usr/share/doc/udev/README.keymap.txt.gz I was
  able to create keymap (attached), but I do not know what to write into
  /lib/udev/rules.d/95-keymap.rules because my system vendor and product
  descriptions are empty.

  As a user I expect to see Chicony KB-0350 among choices in Keyboard
  Preferences -> Layouts -> Keyboard model. How can I add my model there
  with a new keymap? Please provide some entrypoints.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: udev 167-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  CheckboxSubmission: b346f016d264f3ef62407d5e29c198a2
  CheckboxSystem: daed2f3d6643b4a84b4520a2427f8c2b
  CustomUdevRuleFiles: z80_user.rules
  Date: Thu Sep  1 14:32:26 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=00b0c28b-3e0b-4bec-96ab-b0ab4604afff ro splash vga=786
  SourcePackage: udev
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-02 (151 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/06/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F6
  dmi.board.name: 8I945P-G
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF6:bd04/06/2006:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn8I945P-G:rvrx.x:cvn:ct3:cvr:

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