ubuntu-eeepc team mailing list archive

[Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Eythian:
You aren't going to be able to get the wireless hotkey working without support within the kernel itself (support that is not in the released Intrepid kernel) or some pretty nasty hacks (assuming it emits an ACPI event). You can try monitoring the acpi log file to see whether this is the case.

-- 
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
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
EEEPC, which is a direct subscriber.

Status in “acpi-support” source package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in CentOS: Fix Released
Status in “acpi-support” source package in Debian: Fix Released
Status in Fedora: Fix Released
Status in Mandriva Linux: In Progress

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.