[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#760876: eeepc-acpi-scripts: some Fn keys do not work correctly

[Hans-J. Ullrich]

Package: eeepc-acpi-scripts
Version: 1.1.12
Severity: important

Dear Maintainers,

I believe, there is a problem with eeepc-acpi-scripts. 

As some Fn-keys are working well (.e. Fn1, Fn2, Fn5, Fn6, Fn10, Fn11, Fn12), other keys do not work.
Especially F7, which should shut off the backlight, does not work any more. 
I read in the documentation, that the kernel module "pciehp" is to be loaded, when needed in newer kernels ( I am running debian/testing with kernel 3.14-2-686-pae) , but lsmod did not show me the module. I found out, the module is built in, in the kernel (if I am not wrong), but pciehp is not mentioned in /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/modules.builtin.

All Fn-keys (including Fn-Space, which is also not working), worked in earlier times with a modern kernel (3.2.0 and higher).

I am using the acpi-osi=Linux command in grub, so that the kernel module eeepc_laptop is loaded, which is the correct one for my hardware.

It is not excluded, that I made a mistake, as the documentation was not quite clear for me. So allow me to ask in this bugreport:

Must I edit the entry in /etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts from 

FnF_BACKLIGHTOFF='handle_blank_screen' to
Fn7_BACKLIGHTOFF='handle_blank_screen' or similar?

In the past, I never edited this file, and it worked, too.

Additionally, doing an /etc/init.d/eeepc-acpi-scripts restart, did not show me a process named eeepc or similar. I am not good in reading scripts, but as far as I understood this script loads some kernel modules, especially pciehp. But as I already mentioned: It is never loaded.

It would be nice, if you could take a look at this bug, or give me some clue, what I can check.

Thank you very much for your help!

Best regards

Hans



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages eeepc-acpi-scripts depends on:
ii  acpi-support       0.142-3
ii  acpi-support-base  0.142-3
ii  acpid              1:2.0.23-1
ii  initscripts        2.88dsf-53.4
ii  pm-utils           1.4.1-15
ii  rfkill             0.5-1

eeepc-acpi-scripts recommends no packages.

Versions of packages eeepc-acpi-scripts suggests:
ii  alsa-utils     1.0.28-1
ii  libnotify-bin  0.7.6-2

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts changed:
ENABLE_OSD='yes'
OSD_FONT='DejaVuSans 36'
ENABLE_OSD_BRIGHTNESS='yes'
SOUND_LABEL=
SOUND_SWITCH=
SOUND_SWITCH_EXCLUSIVE=
SOUND_PREFER_MASTER=yes
SOUND_VOLUME_STEP=
DETAILED_SOUND_INFO=no
VGA_ON='--auto'
LVDS_OFF='--off'
BLUETOOTH_FALLBACK_TO_HCITOOL='yes'
SOFTBTN1_ACTION='handle_blank_screen'
SOFTBTN2_ACTION='NONE'
SOFTBTN3_ACTION='handle_camera_toggle'
SOFTBTN4_ACTION='handle_bluetooth_toggle'
SOFTBTNSHE_ACTION='handle_shengine'
FnF_WIRELESS='NONE'
FnF_TOUCHPAD='handle_touchpad_toggle'
FnF_RESCHANGE='NONE'
FnF_BACKLIGHTOFF='handle_blank_screen'
FnF_VGATOGGLE='handle_vga_toggle'
FnF_TASKMGR='NONE'
FnF_MUTE='NONE'
FnF_VOLUMEDOWN='NONE'
FnF_VOLUMEUP='NONE'
PWR_CLOCK_AC=
PWR_CLOCK_BATTERY=


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