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  1. Bug #181057
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Comment 1 for bug 181057

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zombiepig (nyall-zombiepigs) wrote : Re: "Del"-key doesn't work on Acer extensa 5220

I can confirm this behaviour also happens on my acer extensa 5620, using ubuntu 8.04. Versions of ubuntu prior to 8.04 all worked fine.

Some more details -

The problem seems to be irrespective of desktop environment - if I switch using ctrl-alt-f1 to a terminal screen, the delete key still doesn't work. However, running 'xev', and pressing the delete key results in:

KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
    root 0x68, subw 0x0, time 7525668, (507,296), root:(511,345),
    state 0x0, keycode 242 (keysym 0x1008ff4b, XF86LaunchB), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
    root 0x68, subw 0x0, time 7525668, (507,296), root:(511,345),
    state 0x0, keycode 242 (keysym 0x1008ff4b, XF86LaunchB), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

So it seems like the key is registering somehow, but not behaving correctly!

I also tried a "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg", but no change in behaviour.