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I have bought a new Blue Tooth keyboard for my desktop and got it to work with Ubuntu but the problem is that most of the function keys do not work properly and I wonder if the problem is with the keyboard or the driver.

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I thought if there is a tool that show the keyboard code of the keys pressed so I can see if the transmitted codes are the correct ones or not.

FarhadA
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    yes it is called xev. when key pressed it will show the codes it scanned. – Rinzwind Feb 04 '14 at 10:28
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    For function keys (Fn) better to use acpi_listen – NickTux Feb 04 '14 at 10:34
  • Thanks guys, XEV worked for me, it seems like the F5-F12 are not working properly and the DEL key is not working either! I have to contact the seller and return this. – FarhadA Feb 04 '14 at 10:46
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    This Q&A may also be of interest: http://askubuntu.com/questions/254424/how-can-i-change-what-keys-on-my-keyboard-do-how-can-i-create-custom-keyboard – Takkat Feb 04 '14 at 10:47

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There are many apps for that such as: xev , screenkey, showkey and much others.

Personally i advice you to try key-mon

To download:

first install dependency 

sudo apt-get install python-xlib

download latest version of key-mon from here

now install key-mon

cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i keymon_1.17-1_all.deb

Now you can run it by command key-mon

Maythux
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