Comment 34 for bug 222796

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: [Bug 222796] Re: Brightness up not generating ACPI event on Thinkpad T43p, T42, X31, X40, R52

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:07:45PM -0000, DSHR wrote:
> hotkey-setup (0.1-23ubuntu6) in intrepid fixes the problem of no OSD for
> the volume keys on Lenovo X60s. The former working (without OSD) mute
> key actually locks the screen now. This effect is new - never observed
> that before.
>
> Results on Intrepid Beta on Lenovo X60s:
> Lock Screen: Works and generates ACPI event
> Sleep: Works and generates ACPI event
> Switch displays: generates ACPI event (no external monitor for testing)
> Hibernate: Works and generates ACPI event (laptop does hibernate properly)
> Brightness up: Works with OSD and 3 ACPI events:
> ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001010
> video LCD0 00000086 00000000
> ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00005010
> Brightness down: Works with OSD and ACPI event
> Volume up: Works with OSD, ACPI event, and software mixer adjusts
> Volume down: Works with OSD, ACPI event, and software mixer adjusts, player stops!
> Mute: Works with OSD, ACPI event, software mixer does not adjust, screen locks!
> Keyboard light: Works but no ACPI event
>
> Thinkpad Key generates ACPI event - no function, not mappable in Gnome Keyboard
> MediaPlayer Keys (backward, stop, forward) work with banshee! (no ACPI events)

Thank you for the detail. Could you open a separate hotkey-setup bug about
the problems with the Volume down and Mute keys behaving unexpectedly? I
think those are probably connected somehow.

Please include the ACPI events, lshal -m, etc. in the bug report and post
the bug number here for continuity.

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 - mdz