[Bug 281993] Re: [intrepid] REGRESSION: multimedia keys no longer working

[José M. López-Cepero]

** Description changed:

+ I have a Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 3000, part of a wireless RF
+ keyboard/mouse bundle, which comes with several media keys (Back,
+ Forward, Play/Pause, Vol. Down, Vol. Up, Mute, Home, Search, Mail and
+ Calculator). They worked perfectly in Hardy once I got all the keysyms
+ straight in gnome-keybinding-properties.
+ 
+ Since updating to Intrepid beta (via update-manager), none of these
+ multimedia keys work anymore. Apparently, no KeyPress/KeyRelease event
+ is generated when they are pressed (checked with gnome-keybinding-
+ properties and with xev). Further, I have gone as far as to go to a
+ (tty) console and use 'kbd_mode -s' to see the raw input from the
+ keyboard (thankfully I remembered about SysRq+R before rebooting ;)),
+ and the multimedia keys do not generate any.
+ 
+ I am using the Generic 105 keys international distribution, which used
+ to work perfectly under Hardy. I have also tried many other
+ possibilities, including every Microsoft-branded keyboard in the
+ database, several unrelated models and some of the generic keyboards
+ (including the "Evdev-managed"), to no avail.
+ 
+ I have seen several other similar bugs, but none of them related to
+ exactly the same behavior. I am using Intrepid beta, up to date.
+ 
+ -----
+ 
+ (This was written by somebody else, erasing the original description in
+ the process:)
+ 
  Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 3000 user here.  Confirming this is indeed a
  regression.  I didn't realize how much I relied on the special keys
  until they disappeared!  Would appreciate any insight into why this
  regression occurred, in addition to what might be done to fix it.

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[intrepid] REGRESSION: multimedia keys no longer working
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281993
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