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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

[radeon/mob] brightness hotkeys disabled when X starts

Bug #20296 reported by Joona Tuusa
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The hotkeys not working are the active display switching key (Fn+F4) and the
brightness controls (Fn+F10 and Fn+arrow keys). They did work in hoary all the
time, and do work in breezy except after Xorg has been started (stopping X has
no effect). No keycodes are reported when I test them with xev (don't see why
they should though, these should be hardware functions). I've dist-upgraded a
little before this writing.

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Matthew Garrett (mjg59) wrote :

Which kernel version are you running?

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Joona Tuusa (theshrike) wrote :

(In reply to comment #1)
> Which kernel version are you running?

2.6.12-7-686, breezy stock. Problem's been there since -3 though

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Matthew Garrett (mjg59) wrote :

Right. So these keys definitely work before X has started? What graphics
hardware do you have?

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Joona Tuusa (theshrike) wrote :

Yeah, as soon as X starts up I lose the functionality. Doesn't matter if I
switch back to a console or shut down X.
The laptop has an ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY with one external VGA port and a TV-out

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Joona Tuusa (theshrike) wrote :

Update: if I use the brightness controls before X starts, they will work even
when X is running. (6.8.2-54)
Still won't work in X if I don't touch Fn+F10 during console only mode.

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Joona Tuusa (theshrike) wrote :

That's an oops. It works completely now, since -54. I'll leave it as assigned in
case it breaks again.

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Joona Tuusa (theshrike) wrote :

Broken again with xorg-* build 58 and kernel 2.6.12-8-686. Actually broke
sometime between the -55 revision and the current one, kernel change had no
effect. I suspect it might (also) be an ACPI issue, acpid version is
1.0.4-1ubuntu7, acpi at 0.09-1 and acpi-support at 0.30

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Matthew Garrett (mjg59) wrote :

As far as I can tell, there's no way that the userland ACPI support could be
involved in this in the slightest - Compaq hardware doesn't send ACPI events for
brightness control. This sounds very much like an X issue.

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Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

Right, except nothing substantial changed between -53 and -58; certainly nothing
to do with the radeon driver or such, which doesn't even handle these events.
Either they're pure hardware, or ACPI. I suspect pure-hardware.

Daniel Stone (daniels)
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
assignee: daniels → nobody
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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Is there still a problem in Dapper?

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Rich Johnson (nixternal) wrote :

Your bug lacks information we would need to investigate further. We
are now going to close the bug - please reopen if you have more
information at hand.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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