Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:24:04 +0100 | From | James Le Cuirot <> | Subject | Re: toshiba-acpi: Portégé 3500 function keys broken since 2.6.33 |
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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:39:57 -0500 Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 10:45:12PM +0100, James Le Cuirot wrote: > > Following a kernel git bisect, I have found that commit > > 6335e4d56681f6f08f24f4b812a72d402793d393 broke the function keys on > > the Toshiba Portégé 3500. Details of that commit can be seen at > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/31/440. > > > > Apart from fnfxd not responding to key presses, the hotkey_ready and > > hotkey values found in /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys remain stuck on 0 > > whereas before they used to change after a single function key > > press. > > > > Some months after the commit, a patch was proposed in response to > > fix the multimedia keys on the Toshiba Satellite A40. Unfortunately > > this patch didn't fix the problem in my case. Regardless, the patch > > can be found at https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/27/138. > > > > Matthew Garrett initially requested an acpidump in order to diagnose > > the above problem so I have attached mine here. I also attempted to > > get the ACPI debug output but it more than filled my entire dmesg > > buffer and I wasn't even sure it was relevant. Let me know if you > > wish to see that anyway. > > > > Please CC me in your replies. > > I did some work on toshiba_acpi to support additional interfaces for > supporting hotkeys that went into 3.4. Based on your ACPI tables this > might help you, but I can't be certain, so you should give the latest > 3.4-rc a try to see if it helps.
I tried 3.4-rc3 and after wrestling with a new, unrelated ACPI issue that stopped the machine from booting at all (now reverted), I found that the hotkeys still don't work. Shame, it sounded promising.
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