Genius KB29E USB keyboard multimedia keys not supported.

Bug #158869 reported by Istvan Szekeres
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Bug Description

This keyboard has lots of multimedia keys and other launcher keys, these keys are not working in Ubuntu Feisty/Gutsy.

When plugging in the keyboard the following is in dmesg:

Oct 30 23:44:39 localhost kernel: [116848.363875] usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Oct 30 23:44:39 localhost kernel: [116848.521881] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 30 23:44:39 localhost kernel: [116848.538143] input: HID 0566:3004 as /class/input/input8
Oct 30 23:44:39 localhost kernel: [116848.538192] input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [HID 0566:3004] on usb-0000:00:10.2-2
Oct 30 23:44:39 localhost kernel: [116848.576809] input: HID 0566:3004 as /class/input/input9
Oct 30 23:44:39 localhost kernel: [116848.576907] input,hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 0566:3004] on usb-0000:00:10.2-2

lsusb -vvv:

Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0566:3004 Monterey International Corp.
Device Descriptor:
  bLength 18
  bDescriptorType 1
  bcdUSB 1.10
  bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass 0
  bDeviceProtocol 0
  bMaxPacketSize0 8
  idVendor 0x0566 Monterey International Corp.
  idProduct 0x3004
  bcdDevice 1.00
  iManufacturer 0
  iProduct 0
  iSerial 0
  bNumConfigurations 1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 2
    wTotalLength 59
    bNumInterfaces 2
    bConfigurationValue 1
    iConfiguration 0
    bmAttributes 0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower 100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength 9
      bDescriptorType 4
      bInterfaceNumber 0
      bAlternateSetting 0
      bNumEndpoints 1
      bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol 1 Keyboard
      iInterface 0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength 9
          bDescriptorType 33
          bcdHID 1.10
          bCountryCode 0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors 1
          bDescriptorType 34 Report
          wDescriptorLength 54
         Report Descriptors:
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes 3
          Transfer Type Interrupt
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
        bInterval 10
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength 9
      bDescriptorType 4
      bInterfaceNumber 1
      bAlternateSetting 0
      bNumEndpoints 1
      bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol 0 None
      iInterface 0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength 9
          bDescriptorType 33
          bcdHID 1.10
          bCountryCode 0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors 1
          bDescriptorType 34 Report
          wDescriptorLength 163
         Report Descriptors:
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes 3
          Transfer Type Interrupt
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0004 1x 4 bytes
        bInterval 10
Device Status: 0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

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Istvan Szekeres (szekeres) wrote :

It seems that normal keypresses are appearing on /class/input/input8 and multimedia keypresses are appearing on /class/input/input9.

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.

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