Re: keyboard locks on macro key press

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On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 03:37:37PM +1100, Sashan Govender wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 18:55:55:38PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> >On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:22:39PM +1100, Sashan Govender wrote:
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>I have a keyboard and it doesn't work properly with linux. If I hit one of
> >>the macro keys it locks the keyboard and I have to unplug it from the usb
> >>port to reset it. The other keys work fine.  I tried writing a hid driver to
> >>see what was going on. Normal keys make it to the event handler but if I hit
> >>a macro key the event handler isn't called and the keyboard locks. I have to
> >>unplug it and plug it back in to the usb port to reset it. Any ideas?
> >
> >Does this work on other operating systems?  Many "macro" keys put the
> 
> It works on Windows without locking the keyboard.

Good enough :)

> >keyboard into a "command" or "programming" mode and it is now waiting
> >for you to press another key to change some internal state or something.
> >
> >What exact keyboard do you have, and what key are you pressing?
> 
> It's a cougar 700k. The keys fn and g1 to g6 lock the keyboard. I can attach
> a wireshark trace if needed.

Yes, a usbmon or wireshark dump would be great.

thanks,

greg k-h
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