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guidofawkes

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Registered: 2011-05-13

Posts: 3

Zowie Celeritas keyboard : some keys not working under Linux

Hi,

I've just bought a new pgm keyboard, the zowie celeritas keyboard

But I've found that some of the keys (SHIFT, ALT ...) aren't working under Arch, under X11 or directly in console. All the keys are working fine under Windows.

I have done a small research :

>>> /lib/udev/findkeyboards                                                                                                                                    
USB keyboard: input/event16
AT keyboard: input/event0
module: input/event7

>>> sudo /lib/udev/keymap -i input/event16                                                                                                                     
Press ESC to finish, or Control-C if this device is not your primary keyboard
driver did not send SYN event in between key events; previous event:
scan code: 0x700E1   key code: leftshift

Each key that is not working has the SYN issue. The working keys haven't. No matter what the keymap is, the SHIFT/ALT keys aren't working.

Another fact is that the keyboard is not listed in the lsusb output :

xavier@paifu ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04b3:4485 IBM Corp. Serial Converter
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c526 Logitech, Inc. Nano Receiver
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c512 Logitech, Inc. LX-700 Cordless Desktop Receiver
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 2345:0101 

So I think that the keyboard is not recognized at all ? What can I do ? It's just a keyboard with no special keys after all !!!

EDIT: FYI, I'm using the latest kernel (2.6.38), and the latest gnome 3.0 environnement. The issue is the same no matter if X11 is running or not. My system is completely up to date.

Thanks for any help !

Last edited by guidofawkes (2011-05-13 12:48:13)

guidofawkes

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Registered: 2011-05-13

Posts: 3

Re: Zowie Celeritas keyboard : some keys not working under Linux

I'm still searching, but i do not find any solution to this issue

metre

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Registered: 2011-03-13

Posts: 130

Re: Zowie Celeritas keyboard : some keys not working under Linux

Did 2.6.39 solve the issue?

Last edited by metre (2011-05-22 23:59:13)

guidofawkes

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Registered: 2011-05-13

Posts: 3

Re: Zowie Celeritas keyboard : some keys not working under Linux

Hi, I've just tested with 2.6.39 from testing, and no change about this issue, still the same problem

metre

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Registered: 2011-03-13

Posts: 130

Re: Zowie Celeritas keyboard : some keys not working under Linux

You can try opening a bug report here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/
Attach those outputs, they will be very useful to the developers