[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#562166: eeepc-acpi-scripts : Softbuttons Fn+F5–F9 do not work.

[Darren Salt]

I demand that Paul Menzel may or may not have written...

> since some versions (at least since 1.1.4) my softbuttons Fn+F5–F9 do not
> work anymore.

> I am using a Eee PC 701 4G and linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 2.6.32-2. I
> think it is the same issue with linux-image-2.6.31*.

> If I press Fn+F5 nothing happens and the same goes for the other keys. The
> volume keys do not do anything (checking with `alsamixer`) although there
> could be some interferences with PulseAudio? I already tried setting
> `SOUND_LABEL='PCM'`. WiFi-toggling with Fn+F2 works though.

That would work; it's implemented in the kernel.

> Could you give me some hints on how I could debug this?

# invoke-rc.d acpid stop
# acpid -dfl

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