[SATLUG] Virtually Indestructibe Keyboard and Linux

[Travis Mosley]

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    I have a virtually indestructible roll-up keyboard that is not 
working properly under Ubuntu Linux 6.06 upgraded with all updates 
applied to Ubuntu 6.06.1. I got this keyboard a while back and the 
number keys by the Backspace key do not work properly. I have another 
keyboard and it's a cheap Keytronic that is a normal non-rollup USB 
keyboard and it works almost perfectly with one small problem and it is 
plugged into the computer directly.  The kernel reports seeing the 
roll-up keyboard as two USB HID Devices when plugged into a USB Hub: 
dmesg: For the Keytronic non-rollup keyboard:
> [17179602.456000] input: Key Tronic Keytronic USB Keyboard as 
> /class/input/input2
> [17179602.456000] input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Key Tronic Keytronic 
> USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1f.2-1
> [17179602.456000] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
For the rollup keyboard that I am having problems with:
> [17360832./124000/] input: *HID 1267:0103* as _/class/input/input3_
> [17360832./124000/] input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard *[HID 1267:0103]* on 
> *usb-0000:00:1f.2-2.3*
> [17360832._/156000/_] input: *HID 1267:0103* as _/class/input/input4_
> [17360832._/156000/_] input: USB HID v1.10 Device *[HID 1267:0103]* on 
> *usb-0000:00:1f.2-2.3*
What the??? In case you were wondering the roll-up keyboard acts weird 
even without a USB Hub or a second keyboard connected and I'm pretty 
sure that this is without any other USB devices connected if my memory 
serves me correctly. I believe that it works fine under Windows XP with 
USB 2.0 if my memory serves me correctly there too.

The rollup keyboard has three extra keys on it right above the Print 
Screen, Scroll Lock, and Pause-Break keys; they are from left to right: 
Wake Up, Sleep, and Power.

Scroll Lock function does not work in X but it does in the tty* terminal 
on both keyboards.

I would like to get this roll-up keyboard working properly because I 
think I will use it with my new laptop and that laptop is likely to have 
Fedora Core 6 or Ubuntu 6.10.