Thanks; reassigning to the kernel then, as the keyboard driver must produce scan codes, otherwise we can't reassign their meaning. Of course, while doing that it could also just produce correct key codes :-)
** Package changed: systemd (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - [keymap] volume and brightness keys on Samsung Chromebook + Samsung Chromebook: Multimedia keys act as F-Keys and produce no scan code -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248808 Title: Samsung Chromebook: Multimedia keys act as F-Keys and produce no scan code Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've got XUbuntu/saucy on this US$250 Samsung Chromebook 5. It runs very well, it just had a couple of minor issues that need to be fixed and it'll be an awesome little Ubuntu laptop with a regular Ubuntu install! The volume and brightness keys don't work. When I checked them out using xev, they were returning F keys: F1 - back (i.e. like in a browser) F2 - forward F3 - refresh F4 - fullscreen F5 - switch screen mode F6 - brightness down F7 - brightness up F8 - mute F9 - volume down F10 - volume up I'm happy to try my hand at fixing it, but the documentation in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting pointed towards a non- existent file for directions on the next steps: /usr/share/doc/udev/README.keymap.txt ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: udev 204-0ubuntu19 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-chromebook armv7l ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: armhf CustomUdevRuleFiles: 99-hide-disks.rules Date: Wed Nov 6 22:32:06 2013 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: cros_secure console= console=tty1 debug verbose root=/dev/mmcblk1p7 rootwait rw lsm.module_locking=0 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-24 (13 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1248808/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp