[ltp] Re: X41 wireless hotkey broken in ubuntu gutsy?

[Paul Fox]

anyone have any ideas on this wireless hotkey issue?  why would
this hotkey, of all of them, stop working?

paul

Mathias Moser <mathiasmoser@aon.at> wrote:
 > Am Samstag, den 27.10.2007, 09:55 -0400 schrieb Paul Fox:
 > > i upgraded from ubuntu feisty to gutsy yesterday, and am going through
 > > and testing to find collateral damage.
 > > 
 > > my wireless hotkey is no longer responding.
 > > 
 > >     $ cat /etc/acpi/events/ibm-wireless
 > >     # /etc/acpi/events/ibmwireless
 > >     # This is called when the user presses the wireless button and calls
 > >     # /etc/acpi/wireless.sh for further processing.
 > > 
 > >     event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001005
 > >     action=/etc/acpi/ibm-wireless.sh
 > > 
 > > the script (/etc/acpi/ibm-wireless.sh) is present.
 > > 
 > > but when i hit the key, i get nothing in /var/log/acpid at all.  i do
 > > get other events (lid, power, battery, etc), but nothing for the wireless
 > > key.  who's stealing that event?
 > > 
 >
 > I can confirm this on a T61 running Debian Lenny. When I first upgraded
 > to 2.6.23 using the latest thinkpad-acpi drivers everything worked like
 > a charm (...except brightness control). Thanks btw!
 > 
 > A few days ago the Fn+F5 (wireless) stopped working (updates? don't
 > know...) and gives no acpi event. All the other buttons work. Options
 > for thinkpad-acpi should be set correctly..
 > 
 > 
 > Best regards,
 > 
 > Mathias
 > 
 > 
 > -- 
 > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
 > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad

=---------------------
 paul fox, pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 37.6 degrees)