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[Bug 248230] Re: F5 and F6 keys on Macbook Air (and possibly other macbooks)

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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:05:07 -0000
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I choose "MacBook / MacBook Pro (Intel)" keyboard in System >
Preferences -> Keyboard. F3, F4 and F5 work as they should: F3 mutes all
sound, F4 turns down the volume and F5 turns it up. Testing with Ubuntu
8.10 Alpha 4+.

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F5 and F6 keys on Macbook Air (and possibly other macbooks)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248230
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Status in Mactel Support: Confirmed
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in Debian GNU/Linux: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic

2.6.24-19 kernel:

In drivers/hid/hid-input.c, the apple_fn_keys translation table
contains no entries for the F5 and F6 keys. This patch maps the F5 and
F6 keys to KBDILLUMDOWN and KBDILLUMUP, respectively, which make them
work as keyboard backlight control keys.

I am also attaching the patch sent to kernel.org, for reference.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10947