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[Bug 232170] Re: EeePC Volume and Wireless Hotkeys Do Not Function Out-Of-The-Box with Ubuntu (8.04 Hardy LTS, Intrepid Alpha 1)

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From: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:10:01 -0000
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Bryce:
The unpatched eeepc module sends volume keys ass acpi events (which are currently mismapped in Ubuntu). You can work around this by changing acpi scripts. Matthew's patch send keys through the input layer doing away with ACPI altogether. Two approaches to solving the problem but I'd say Matthew's is cleaner and likely to go upstream at some point.

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EeePC Volume and Wireless Hotkeys Do Not Function Out-Of-The-Box with Ubuntu (8.04 Hardy LTS, Intrepid Alpha 1)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/232170
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Status in “acpi-support” source package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “acpi-support” source package in Debian: Fix Released

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.