[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#580787: eeepc-acpi-scripts: Only brightness keys work on Eee PC 1005 HA

[Trent W. Buck]

Michael Holtermann wrote:
> Hi, on my Eee PC 1005 HA, only the suspend and the brightness keys
> are working. All other keys (WLAN, touchpad, volume) do nothing.
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)

Per http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Model/1005HA,

    2.6.32 and later require acpi_osi="!Windows 2009" or
    acpi_osi="Linux" else eeepc-laptop won't be loaded.

That is, your bootloader should pass acpi_osi=Linux as an argument to
the kernel.