unrecognised hotkeys on 'Logitech Media Keyboard 600'

[Duncan Lithgow]

There are a number of hotkeys and function keys which don't work with Jaunty (can't test with Karmic just now). I haven't found a page detailing how to capture the keypress events, could someone help me with that?

Flat black keys across the top:

- Internet Search. Opens default internet search engine
- -
- Email. Opens default email application:
- - opens evolution, can't be configured to use Gmail
- Home. Opens default internet browser application:
- - this has been set wrongly to move the current tab to the home page, losing any unsaved content in that tab (all the text up to here for example
- VOIP. Opens default internet communication (VOIP) application:
- - currently does nothing

Now three audio related silver buttons:

- Media. Opens default media application:
- - Currently does nothing
- Volume Dial
- - Works
- Mute
- - Works

Back to those flat black keys:

- Play / Pause
- - Works fine for audio and video, tested with banshee and totem
- Previous Track
- - Works fine for audio and video
- Next Track
- - Works fine for audio and video
- Calculator
- - Works fine

A number of the function keys also don't work correctly:

- FN+F2 should open a text (MS Word logo) document
- - Does nothing
- FN+F3 should open a spreadsheet (MS Excel logo) application
- - Does nothing
- FN+F4 should perhaps open a database application, the logo is unknown to me.
- - Does nothing
- FN+F5 looks like a browser 'back' button
- - Does nothing
- FN+F6 looks like a browser 'forward' button
- - Does nothing
- FN+F7 should be a print button
- - While in Firefox (3.5) this is seen as F7 instead of FN+F7. So this needs investigating

So other than that this keyboard works fine! ...

[Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)]

From lsusb -v this looks like the identifier:

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c316 Logitech, Inc. HID-Compliant Keyboard
Device Descriptor:
  bLength 18
  bDescriptorType 1
  bcdUSB 1.10
  bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass 0
  bDeviceProtocol 0
  bMaxPacketSize0 8
  idVendor 0x046d Logitech, Inc.
  idProduct 0xc316 HID-Compliant Keyboard
  bcdDevice 28.00
  iManufacturer 1
  iProduct 2
  iSerial 0
  bNumConfigurations 1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 2
    wTotalLength 59
    bNumInterfaces 2
    bConfigurationValue 1
    iConfiguration 0
    bmAttributes 0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower 100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength 9
      bDescriptorType 4
      bInterfaceNumber 0
      bAlternateSetting 0
      bNumEndpoints 1
      bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol 1 Keyboard
      iInterface 0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength 9
          bDescriptorType 33
          bcdHID 1.10
          bCountryCode 0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors 1
          bDescriptorType 34 Report
          wDescriptorLength 64
         Report Descriptors:
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes 3
          Transfer Type Interrupt
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
        bInterval 10
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength 9
      bDescriptorType 4
      bInterfaceNumber 1
      bAlternateSetting 0
      bNumEndpoints 1
      bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol 0 None
      iInterface 0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength 9
          bDescriptorType 33
          bcdHID 1.10
          bCountryCode 0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors 1
          bDescriptorType 34 Report
          wDescriptorLength 148
         Report Descriptors:
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes 3
          Transfer Type Interrupt
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
        bInterval 32

[Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)]

I can't see why this is a duplicate of bug #313514, can anyone tell me?

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Timo, please explain (you've marked it as dupe).