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[Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andy:
The last patch I referred to is for wifi only and has nothing to do with volume keys. It is solely so that wifi works out of the box (hotplugging and all) without having to add special options to the kernel command line.

Be careful though - the patch in its current state will break those who
are using the workaround (see http://marc.info/?l=linux-
acpi&m=123540718932584&w=4 . I can't say I like it but still).

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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: Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
Status in CentOS: Fix Released
Status in “acpi-support” source package in Debian: Fix Released
Status in Fedora: Fix Released
Status in Mandriva Linux: 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.