Bug 810562 - Function keys for lcd brightness and wireless does not work on HP Folio 13 laptop
Summary: Function keys for lcd brightness and wireless does not work on HP Folio 13 la...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Prarit Bhargava
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-06 17:41 UTC by Alexander Lindqvist
Modified: 2012-06-07 13:03 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-06-07 13:03:41 UTC
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Dmesg (39.99 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-04-06 17:41 UTC, Alexander Lindqvist 		no flags Details
lspci -vvv (30.22 KB, text/plain)
2012-04-06 17:42 UTC, Alexander Lindqvist 		no flags Details
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Description Alexander Lindqvist 2012-04-06 17:41:44 UTC 
Created attachment 575812 [details]
Dmesg

Description of problem:
FN+F2+F3 keys for changing LCD brightness does not work.
FN+F12 (enable/disable Intel Centrino 1030 Wireless/bluetooth combo card) does
not work.
Switching "actions keys mode" to disable in BIOS (so that you have to use the
fn key + other key as usual) does not help.

xev reports nothing when pressing these keys. Other actions keys like for the
led backlit keyboard works)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
Unable to enable wireless (hardware disabled)
Unable to adjust lcd brightness via action keys

Expected results:
Adjusting LCD brightness via fn+f2/f3 keys should work.
Enable/disable wireless should work.

Additional info:
The problem exist in Fedora 17 aswell and bug has been filed here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810409
Comment 1 Alexander Lindqvist 2012-04-06 17:42:25 UTC 
Created attachment 575813 [details]
lspci -vvv
Comment 2 Alexander Lindqvist 2012-04-06 17:56:13 UTC 
acpi_listen does not output anything on these keys.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2012-05-03 05:16:21 UTC 
Since RHEL 6.3 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 5 Prarit Bhargava 2012-06-07 13:03:41 UTC 
This laptop is not supported in RHEL.  Please see http://www.redhat.com/hardware for supported hardware.

Thanks,

P.
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