From 17218ddd0689110e88c7becc36cadd2be9b4c370 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agnetha Korevaar <>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:52:05 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Report unknown keys witha numeric code

---
 evdev/events.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/evdev/events.py b/evdev/events.py
index 6c75588..6e0064c 100644
--- a/evdev/events.py
+++ b/evdev/events.py
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ def __init__(self, event):
         elif event.value == 1:
             self.keystate = KeyEvent.key_down
 
-        self.keycode  = keys[event.code]  # :todo:
+        try:
+            self.keycode = keys[event.code]
+        except KeyError:
+            #: Report unknown keys with a numeric code
+            keys.update({event.code: "0x{}".format(hex(event.code))})
+            self.keycode = keys[event.code]
         self.scancode = event.code
 
         #: Reference to an :class:`InputEvent` instance.

From 68da5f30c6563505e990d116019c8945b84212b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agnetha Korevaar <>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:24:21 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fixing formatting

---
 evdev/events.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/evdev/events.py b/evdev/events.py
index 6e0064c..a9a45af 100644
--- a/evdev/events.py
+++ b/evdev/events.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def __init__(self, event):
             self.keycode = keys[event.code]
         except KeyError:
             #: Report unknown keys with a numeric code
-            keys.update({event.code: "0x{}".format(hex(event.code))})
+            keys.update({event.code: "0x{:0X}".format(event.code)})
             self.keycode = keys[event.code]
         self.scancode = event.code