Re: [BUG] Kernel 4.14.3-300 breaks Roccat mouse drivers

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On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 08:37:15AM +0000, Gianfranco Cecconi wrote:
> Hi All, I was asked to send here a bug I originally posted at
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198155 .
> 
> I've been using for a couple of years these Roccat drivers
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/roccat/ with Fedora and a Nyth USB
> mouse https://www.roccat.org/en-GB/Products/Gaming-Mice/Nyth/ that has
> a series of configurable keys.
> 
> The keys can be used as a "second keyboard", e.g. to trigger
> shortcuts. I've been using that, for example, to quickly switch Gnome
> workspace, triggering Win+1, Win+2...
> 
> Since upgrading to kernel 4.14.3-300 - the latest distributed with
> Fedora 27 - the Nyth drivers apparently can't "press" the Win key any
> more.
> 
> E.g. if I press the mouse keys in a console, I don't switch workspace,
> but actually see 1, 2...
> 
> The Win+1, Win+2 etc. shortcuts work nicely from my Thinkpad T450s
> keyboard and the external Lenovo USB keyboard.
> 
> If I go back to kernel 4.13.16-302, everything works back again.
> 
> I don't have a spare laptop to test the issue with more recent builds. Thanks.

What is wrong with the in-kernel roccat kernel drivers?  It's been
merged for a long long time now, you should not need to rely on the
out-of-tree code at all.  The project itself says that in their source
code repository :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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