Logitech S510 fails to send LeftCtrl+LeftShfit+.. key combinations
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Ubuntu |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
Logitech S510 support Looks broken at least in the Ubuntu distribution Ubuntu 7.10 - the Gutsy Gibbon, Also probably broken in one of the recent updates for the 7.06
I have a clean, up-to-date installation of Ubuntu 7.10
combinations
LeftCtrl+
LeftCtrl+T
LeftCtrl+Y
do not produce any codes
I use LeftCtrl+
I am not using special multi media keys of S510. I tried only volume change on the right side of the keyboard and the key works
I used xkeycaps to test the keys. I tested all LeftCtrl+"letter" combinations. Only Ctrl+T and Ctrl+Y do not work. When i click LeftCtrl alone and LeftShift alone X recognizes the keys correctly. When I press LeftCtrl and LeftShift simultaneously only LeftCtrl is activated (yellow color on the displayed keyboard). LeftCtrl and RightShift work as expected. For example LeftCtrl+
Wired USB keyboard from HP (105 keys) works just fine for me - both Shifts and Ctrls operate as expected.
The keyboard itself is approximately two years old and works fine with WinXP. The desktop is mouse and keyboard only. I do not have media remote control.
Model name Y-RAK73
PID SC5340E
P/N 867612-0119
The S510 keyboard worked fine two weeks ago - just before an update of the 7.06 i did.
The problem is specific to the S510. Because of timing of the problem i suspect that the possible reason is the recent S510 related patch in the kernel (more details here http://
i did more testing. it looks like race condition. from time to time i get LeftCtrl+ LeftShift+ LeftArrow or LeftCtrl+ LeftShift+ RightArrow working, but very seldom. When it starts to work it continues to work for may be 1 minute. I do not know internals, but the whole thing behaves like there are two entities competing over the same signal somewhere in the Gtk or Gnome.
I do not know if this is a kernel related problem or a desktop (Gnome/Gtk) related problem. I have also KDE libraries installed (i use Krusader). I start to think that the problem is related to the desktop code. What really bewilders me, that USB keyboard from HP works just fine. The problem is specific to S510