[Debian-eeepc-devel] Fn-keys on an eeepc 1002HA...

[Frédéric Boiteux]

	Hello dear Debian-eeepc people,

  I've installed the latest eeepc-acpi-scripts 1.0.11 from sid, it
mostly works, and I'd like to ask for advice to address some problems ;
I've listed below the function keys available on the 1002HA (a
newer revision of 1000H), there is some differences with common eeepc
models :

Key	Function	Code received by hotkey.sh	Remarks
Fn-F1	sleep		don't receive any code		works, handled by gnome-power-manager (acpi event?)
Fn-F2	wireless/bluet.	00000010			doesn't work¹

Fn-F5 : -light		00000020 to 0000002f		works, but no OSD, and xbacklight don't see any changes
and
Fn-F6 : +.light		id.				id.

Fn-F7 : screen off	00000016			doesn't work (unrecognized key)
							could work ifcode used like 0000001a²
Fn-F8 :  vga toggle	00000031			works nice with latest eeepc-acpi-scripts :-) 

Fn-F9 : "task manager"	00000012			do nothing (and gives FnF6 code :-(

Fn-F10 : sound mute	00000013			works well.
Fn-F11 : - sound	00000014			works³
Fn-F12 : + sound	00000015			works³

"Super-Hybrid-Power extra key"	00000039		do nothing. bindable to a special XKB key ?

¹ this eeepc model's wireless card is driven by ath9k driver, and I don't have
  /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan file, so the wireless.sh code doesn't work.

² patching hotkey.sh to handle 00000016 like 0000001a let it works, but any key/mouse event light the screen back : could we use instead a switch like 'xrandr -output LVDS --off | --auto' to have a permanent state ?

³ there are 2 OSD : one from eeepc-acpi-script, with a volume percentage, which works well, and one from Gnome desktop I suppose, with a speaker icon and a thermometer, which don't have the right value : the thermometer is filled at about 50% of the maximum sound level...

I also had to modify the /etc/modprobe.d/eeepc file to remove the
'pciehp_slot_with_bus=1' option of pciehp, which doesn't exist anymore on 2.6.28 (requested for ath9k module).

Questions are :
- have you a suggestion to let wireless/bt toggle work ?
- Is it possible to simulate a key press with unused Fn-keys ?

  with regards,
	Frédéric