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[Bug 232170] Re: EeePC Volume and Wireless Hotkeys Do Not Function Out-Of-The-Box with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy

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From: Jeff Sereno <jsereno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:20:10 -0000
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I note that for some reason, even with the eee-osd fix to get the
hotkeys going, Ubuntu Hardy on my EeePC 701 does not save the volume
level upon a reboot, and starts up again with the volume at 100%. This
is probably unrelated to the hotkeys themselves, however.

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EeePC Volume and Wireless Hotkeys Do Not Function Out-Of-The-Box with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy
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Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
The Asus EeePC is a popular subnotebook computer.

With a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) the wireless (fn+f2) and volume hotkeys (fn+f7/f8/f9) do not function.

Expected function:
fn+f2: Toggle wireless
fn+f7: Mute/Unmute
fn+f8: Volume up
fn+f9: Volume down

Workarounds are documented here:
Wireless Hotkey: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_8.04_to_work_perfectly#wifi_hotkeys
Volume Hotkeys: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_8.04_to_work_perfectly#hotkeys
Although I have not had much success at getting these working myself.

It would be great if these would work out-of-the-box with 8.04.1 or Intrepid.