AltGr-ScrollLock does not work

[Philipp Kohlbecher]

Pressing AltGr-ScrollLock should show the current register contents on the console. (See "fn_show_ptregs()" in file "drivers/char/keyboard.c" and http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.2 ) It doesn't. Pressing these keys does nothing at all.

Shift-ScrollLock (show memory) and Ctrl-ScrollLock (show state) work fine, so this seems to be one of these problems with the AltGr key.

I am using hardy on a Samsung X20 XVM 1730 V laptop (ScrollLock is Fn+F12).

This may have to do with Xorg; I will try the key combination after booting into single user mode and report the results.

[Philipp Kohlbecher (xt28)]

This probably isn't related to Xorg. The problem occurs much earlier:
The key combo stops working after running
/scripts/init-top/console-setup from the initrd.

I will investigate further to find out exactly which of the actions of
said script causes this.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

There hasn't been any recent activity in this bug report and we were wondering if this is still an issue? The Ubuntu kernel team is actively working on the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. If you could please test the latest Alpha release for Intrepid it would be much appreciated - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . Please let us know your results. If the issue still exists, please also provide the appropriate debugging information as outlined at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies . Thanks in advance.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[Philipp Kohlbecher (xt28)]

Haven't tested the 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel yet, but the issue remains the same with a vanilla 2.6.27 kernel.

[kernel-janitor (kernel-janitor)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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