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Looking for an answer I came across this questionthis question. There's something like this:

The keycode X uses and the keycode the kernel uses are OFF BY 8 for "historical reasons". So take 97 - 8 = 89 and use 89 with the setkeycodes command (again as root):

Does anyone know what the historical reasons are and why the codes differ by 8?

Looking for an answer I came across this question. There's something like this:

The keycode X uses and the keycode the kernel uses are OFF BY 8 for "historical reasons". So take 97 - 8 = 89 and use 89 with the setkeycodes command (again as root):

Does anyone know what the historical reasons are and why the codes differ by 8?

Looking for an answer I came across this question. There's something like this:

The keycode X uses and the keycode the kernel uses are OFF BY 8 for "historical reasons". So take 97 - 8 = 89 and use 89 with the setkeycodes command (again as root):

Does anyone know what the historical reasons are and why the codes differ by 8?

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Why does showkey show a different keycode compared to xev?

Looking for an answer I came across this question. There's something like this:

The keycode X uses and the keycode the kernel uses are OFF BY 8 for "historical reasons". So take 97 - 8 = 89 and use 89 with the setkeycodes command (again as root):

Does anyone know what the historical reasons are and why the codes differ by 8?