[Debian-eeepc-devel] How to deal with the freeze?

Ben Armstrong synrg at sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca
Fri Nov 19 10:07:19 UTC 2010


On 19/11/10 06:02 AM, Luca Niccoli wrote:
> Thanks, I didn't know that eeepc-wmi used different sysfs paths.

There are more of these to fix, but my commit conflicted with the one
you just made so I have to sort it out now ...

> The - had to go, fix committed.
> I got confused by a hack we used to shift button names to $3 before.
> As for the other parameters, I'm simulating the command line acpid is
> passing to hotkey.sh, just in case.

Well, that hack was apparently used *instead of* passing 'hotkey' not in
addition to.  So is it really correct to change $3 to $2 as you have
just done?  I don't think so ...  $2 will just be 'hotkey'.

>> Also, I have the slight problem now that a few keys don't generate
>> button events *or* hotkey events now (but I'll have to take that up with
>> upstream).
> 
> I wonder if there are appropriate button events for all the keys, and
> if that's the reason eeepc_laptop is sticking to hotkeys.

Upstream can make those keys do whatever he wants, so I don't think this
is the reason.

Ben



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