[ltp] Fn+F* suddenly not working

azazello linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:52:15 -0400


Looks like something ate the contents of your /etc/acpi/events 
directory. iirc powersave installs many events and actions; maybe 
something changed in 1.15. Also if you haven't rebooted yet, you need to 
restart acpid.


Guillermo Juárez wrote:
> I'm using gentoo with kernel 2.6.20 and suddenly, with no big changes
> in my system (the only notizable update is powersave to version 1.15),
> my Fn+F* keys are not working anymore.
> 
> This is what I get in my /Var/log/acpid when I press Fn+F4:
> 
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] received event "ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 
> 0000100c"
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] notifying client 10120[0:0]
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] notifying client 10616[0:0]
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] notifying client 9814[102:408]
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] executing action "/etc/acpi/default.sh
> ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000100c"
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] END HANDLER MESSAGES
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] action exited with status 0
> [Mon Apr  9 23:03:29 2007] completed event "ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 
> 0000100c"
> 
> Could it be a acpid problem? Anyone with gentoo has experienced
> similar problems?
>