Bug 645937

Summary: kernel-2.6.35 no longer creates /proc/acpi/event, which breaks sony_laptop
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Rohan Dhruva <rohandhruva>
Component: kernelAssignee: John Feeney <jfeeney>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 14CC: dougsland, gansalmon, itamar, jfeeney, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-03-14 07:48:48 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Attachments:
Description Flags
evtest output none

Description Rohan Dhruva 2010-10-23 03:04:57 UTC 
Description of problem:
Kernel 2.6.35 in F14 has disabled CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT. I have a Sony Vaio CW laptop, which relies on the sony_laptop kernel module to catch acpi hotkey events. Thus, in Fedora 14, pressing Fn+F5 (brightness down) is not recognized at all, and pressing Fn+F6 is recognized as a generic button, having no effect on brightness. I use the nvidia_bl driver, and oBacklight to control the brightness.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start acpi_listen
2. Press the brightness up key (Fn+F5)
3. Press the brightness down key (Fn+F6)
  
Actual results:
Brightness down registers no event.
Brightness up gives "button/fnf6 FNF6 00000080 00000000"

Expected results:
Fn+F5 should give- sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000010
Fn+F6 should give- sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000011

Additional info:
I realize that CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT is deprecated, but this causes a major loss of functionality for all Sony laptops relying on it. I am quite sure this problem affects other Sony laptops too, not only Vaio CW. I request that CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT is enabled, at least until an alternative is found.
Comment 1 Matthew Garrett 2010-11-03 14:47:31 UTC 
Brightness events should be generating KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP and KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN - is that not happening?
Comment 2 Rohan Dhruva 2010-11-03 14:50:45 UTC 
No, they are not generating those events (can't see in xev). On enabling CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT (by recompiling the kernel), at least acpi_listen generates correct output. But xev never shows KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP or KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN, in either case.
Comment 3 Matthew Garrett 2010-11-03 15:10:04 UTC 
You won't see them in xev if you have a power manager that's taken a grab. Can you install evtest and run it against the Sony Vaio keys device and see whether they appear there?
Comment 4 Rohan Dhruva 2010-11-03 15:24:17 UTC 
evtest does show that key events are caught. I had a talk with the maintainer of this module (Mattia Dongili). He told that the problem may be occurring because X protocol can't handle keys with scancodes > 255 (http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11227).

Is there any way I can key scancode 470 and 471 to KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN and KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP respectively? I am attaching the output of evtest (event8 is the Sony Vaio Keys event handler).
Comment 5 Rohan Dhruva 2010-11-03 15:24:47 UTC 
Created attachment 457467 [details]
evtest output
Comment 6 Matthew Garrett 2010-11-03 15:33:18 UTC 
Ah, in that case we just need to fix up the keymap. I'll look into that, thanks!
Comment 7 Rohan Dhruva 2010-11-12 21:28:01 UTC 
Hello.. Any updates on this? Will this be fixed for Fedora 14? Thanks.
Comment 8 Rohan Dhruva 2011-01-10 05:45:30 UTC 
Bump
Comment 9 Rohan Dhruva 2011-03-14 07:48:48 UTC 
I can confirm that brightness control keys work for me on the Fedora 15 alpha release.