[Bug 1901083] Re: Inpsiron 1545 -- superflous key stroke logs (translated set 2, code 0x8d)

Henry Wertz, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
better.

Could you please boot into a Ubuntu kernel (not third party kernel) and execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1901083

** Package changed: linux-signed-hwe-5.4 (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
Inpsiron 1545 -- superflous key stroke logs (translated set 2, code
0x8d)

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete

Bug description:
I posted some information on bug #549741 stating that I was getting similar logs to what people were seeing in there, and was advised to go ahead and file a bug. In dmesg, I get a pair like:
[ 529.926369] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
[ 529.926374] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known.
[ 536.168508] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
[ 536.168512] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known.

This pair will be like 2-10 seconds apart, then it could be 5 minutes
or more between pairs.

I've been running 5.7.19 kernel (installed via mainline), but did boot
5.4.0-52-generic to file this since it's a supported kerenl (I
seriously doubted it would make a difference since this has apparently
been logged since at least the 2.6.x kernel series, and it didn't.)

I consider this bug pretty minor to possibly invalid; these keystroke
messages spam up the kernel log a little but not too badly (since I'm
not getting them every second like the original poster in #549741, but
rather getting one, getting another a few seconds later, then it may
be 5 minutes or more before I get another pair of them a few seconds
apart.).

My battery packed up quite a while ago and shows 0% charge.. it has
begun every so often "dropping off" and back on a few seconds later,
both in gkrellm, and whatever app shows the battery icon in top right
(near network manager, volume, etc.) I think it sends this 0x8d each
time the battery status changes. Not sure what the point of the 0x8d
is, but it's harmless for Linux to ignore, it's well aware of the
status changes via ACPI anyway.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-5.4.0-52-generic 5.4.0-52.57~18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME
Date: Thu Oct 22 15:13:25 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-09 (774 days ago)
InstallationMedia:

ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen.xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe-5.4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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