2012/10/12 Jayesh Badwaik <jayesh.badwaik90@gmail.com>:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:12 PM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
It is like the key is dead. But it is not a keyboard problem, same thing happens with another keyboard.
Use the showkey to determine, if the key is being determined by the kernel when pressed. If it is being determined, then probably it is not mapped correctly. See the following links to determine how to map such keys. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys_in_Xorg
It is recognized by the kernel. keycode 99 pressed keycode 99 released when I press the PrintScreen key. With Xev : 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print The weird part is that PrintScreen is recognized as such in Gnome keyboard preferences panel.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys#Using_xev
-- Jayesh
-- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com