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hotkey-setup package

  1. Bug #222796
  2. Comment #38

Comment 38 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 Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 02:50:25PM -0000, DSHR wrote:
> My mute key locks the screen, same situation as described by Jane:
>
> m500286@x60:~$ acpi_listen
> ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001017
>
> m500286@x60:~$ lshal -m
>
> Start monitoring devicelist:
> -------------------------------------------------
> 16:46:36.257: computer_logicaldev_input_5 condition ButtonPressed = mute
>
> No visible X events ...
>
> Even with a stopped acpid the mute-button locks the screen. Is this
> handled by Xorg?

Try using lsinput and input-events (in input-utils) to see whether an input
event is being generated somewhere.

> BTW: The keys worked for me before the update, they just did not trigger
> the OSD and they did not get passed to the software mixer. So for me
> it's a regression.

I wonder why it's different on your system than Jane's...

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 - mdz