toshiba_acpi does not work on Toshiba Tecra M2 laptop

Still persists on Dapper Beta but can't do anything at the moment :)

Most FN+Fx keys don't work on a Toshiba Satelite M40-307, from whatg I read on the forums, it is the case for all Toshiba models.

There is a package called fnfxd in synaptics which is supposed to fix this in synpatics but I never succeeded in having it working, it required the toshiba_acpi module and apparently the kernel would have to be recompiled for that. Curiously, toshiba users appear to have sony_acpi module compiled by default instead.

In the specific case of the M40-30x, basic keys like brightness control or switching to an external monitor plainly don't work. Next month I will do a Firefox presentation for an opensource event on my Windows partition just because I can' t switch the screen display to an external monitor :(

I think severity should be raised because itaffects basic laptop functionnalities, people DO expect to be able to change their screen brightness on linux...

fnfxd is not required on Ubuntu - our toshiba_acpi driver generates
events itself. If a specific function is not working, do you have any
output when you do the following:

sudo tail -f /var/log/acpid

and then press a function key?

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When I launch this command in the console the following text is displayed :
[Fri May 12 01:03:16 2006] executing action "/etc/acpi/power.sh"
[Fri May 12 01:03:16 2006] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
[Fri May 12 01:03:16 2006] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Fri May 12 01:03:16 2006] action exited with status 0
[Fri May 12 01:03:16 2006] completed event "battery BAT0 00000080 00000001"
[Fri May 12 02:17:13 2006] exiting
[Fri May 12 19:15:40 2006] starting up
[Fri May 12 19:15:40 2006] 54 rules loaded
[Fri May 12 19:15:42 2006] client connected from 4047[117:117]
[Fri May 12 19:15:42 2006] 1 client rule loaded

When I use the fonction keys for brightness up (fn+F7) and brightness down (fn+F6) I get the following output in the console :

^[[17~^[[17~^[[17~^[[17~^[[18~^[[18~^[[18~^[[18~

Then I'm afraid toshiba_acpi doesn't appear to work for your hardware.

I use a Toshiba Tecra M2 (S730) and the toshiba acpi module works mostly OK for me.
I have:

 toshiba_acpi: Toshiba Laptop ACPI Extras version 0.19a-dev

on kernel 2.6.20, ubuntu 7.04

the only quirks i get are - when waking up from sleep my touchpad seems to work only for mouse movement but not for clicking (right or left).
only solution for that now is ctrl-alt-backspace and re-login.

also sometimes after sleep it will log me out.

(same thing tends to happen after hibernate)

It does not work on my A205 either. I have gotten everything else to work.

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this bug to the new "linux" package. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!

I am having similar problem/behavior on a Toshiba Dynabook TX/760LS. I have a clean install of Hardy Heron 8.04 and the FN key does not function at all which means, in my case, I cannot use ANY of my hotkeys as they are all dependent on the FN key.

Is there any progress on a solution?

Thanks

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

I did switch to the Beta 8.10 release running 2.6.27-4. Unfortunately, now several things related to acpi have stopped working:

1. The toshiba-acpi kernel module itself seems to be missing. Thus, the Fn + keys for controlling brightness, etc., don't work at all.

2. I can still choose Hibernate from the power settings, but all that does is lock the screen and ask for the password. If I do log out, and get back to the username prompt, and then choose Hibernate, then it works.

tog

I followed to this from Bug #199888.
Toshiba M45-S351, running Intrepid Ibex 8.10 final release with kernel 2.6.27-7-generic.
same as Murali reported, missing toshiba kernel modules all together. Fn+ keys are all defunct. I had problem with screen brightness since Edgy or Feisty, but at least screen switch and touchpad lock were still function up til Hardy (I can't remember what version of kernel it was running... should be the latest backport version in Hardy repository) . now none of the Fn+ keys work.

any help or direction for troubleshoot would be greatly appreciated!

I'm running 8.10 final on a Toshiba Tecra M2-S410 and am unable to get any Fn key combinations to work. I would especially like Fn+F1 (lock screen) and Fn+F6 & F7 (brightness up and down) back.

root@bdwubuntu:/etc/modprobe.d# sudo tail -f /var/log/acpid
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] received event "battery BAT1 00000080 00000001"
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] notifying client 5023[111:123]
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] notifying client 5159[0:0]
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] notifying client 5159[0:0]
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] executing action "/etc/acpi/power.sh"
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] action exited with status 0
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:44 2008] completed event "battery BAT1 00000080 00000001"
[Sun Nov 2 23:33:58 2008] exiting
^C

(no output when pressing function keys)

root@bdwubuntu:/etc/modprobe.d# modprobe toshiba_acpi
FATAL: Module toshiba_acpi not found.

Reverting to kernel 2.6.24-21-generic and running modprobe toshiba_acpi brings the Fn+F7 & F8 key combos back (brightness). It still does not bring Fn+F1 (lock screen), etc (everything except brightness controls as far as I can tell).

It seems this bug is related to (or even a duplicate of) bug 269831 which is currently seeing some development:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2008-November/003513.html

It might be good for those still experiencing issues here to track that bug as well. Thanks.

I have some test kernels for Intrepid posted up which have the original toshiba_acpi module enabled. It would be helpful if anyone who with this hardware could test that version and report back:

    http://people.ubuntu.com/~apw/lp269831/

The kernel containing this fix has now been accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Fn keys still do not work (Tecra M2)

@Ben Woodruff -- can you confirm that this is with the new -proposed kernel, 2.6.26-10.20 and that the toshiba_acpi module did get loaded? The output of uname -a and lsmod would confirm these.

@Ben Woodruff -- the version needing testing 2.6.27-10.20 has finally hit the achives and should be offered for download in update-manager from -proposed. Let me know if this one works for you.

bwoodruff@bdwubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep tosh
toshiba_acpi 17088 0
bwoodruff@bdwubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux bdwubuntu 2.6.27-10-generic #1 SMP Fri Nov 21 12:00:22 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Fn+F9 still does not work, however there has been some improvement! :) The Fn+F6/F7 keys (brightness) do work. Some others seem to as well (Fn+F11 turns on numlock - not sure thats what it's supposed to do, but at least it does something). Fn+F1 (lock screen) still does nothing. Fn+Esc toggles mute (as it should).
Fn+F12 appears to do nothing, along with Fn+F8 (toggle wireless).

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.

I am seeing this on Ubuntu 9.04 -- don't know if it should be re-opened or if a new issue should be created.

I had this issue on 8.04, saw this thread, performed all upgrades (in this case it was the kernel) and then the Fn power keys worked. Now that I've upgraded (reinstalled) to 9.04, the Fn keys are again functionnal.

My laptop is a Toshiba Tecra A8.

Karmic Koala has this issue on my Toshiba Portege R100.
I don't know how to link two bug reports together, but there is an other report here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/471934

I think this is the same issue.

Jerome S. Gotangco, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Mainline kernel's toshiba_acpi supports KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE since v.34 (commit af502837a). As such I'm closing the Linux task as Fixed.

lol