Control: severity -1 normal Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Am 29.06.2017 um 15:31 schrieb Vincent Danjean: > Package: udev > Version: 233-9 > Severity: important > > After an upgrade a few weeks ago (I do not know which upgrade exactly), I > noticed that my 'escape' key was not working anymore. I was hit by this > problem when I use vim... > > Today, with help from friends, I tried to find the root cause of this bug. > xev show me that the keycode of my escape key was 198 (ie FK20) instead of 9 > (ie Esc), so the press and release of the key lead to XF86AudioMicMute Keysym > events instead of Escape Keysym events. > So, the problem was coming from the keyscan->keycode association and not the > keycode->keysym association. > > Digging more in details, I discovered the hwdb mecanism and I applied this > patch to /lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-keyboard.hwdb: > --- 60-keyboard.hwdb.orig 2017-06-29 15:03:24.233223075 +0200 > +++ 60-keyboard.hwdb 2017-06-29 15:13:23.020305698 +0200 > @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ > evdev:atkbd:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnHP*:pnHP*ProBook*4*:pvr* > # HP ZBook > evdev:atkbd:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnHewlett-Packard*:pnHPZBook*:pvr* > - KEYBOARD_KEY_81=f20 # Fn+F8; Microphone > mute button, should be micmute > + KEYBOARD_KEY_81=esc # Fn+F8; Microphone > mute button, should be micmute
Those lines were added a long time ago https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/4b9bb683e If this broke recently, it doesn't sound like this was a change triggered by udev. Can you find out which package upgrade causes the problem? Martin, you're the expert in this area, can you chime in here? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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