From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Norbert Preining Subject: Re: regression since 2.6.36: backlight in sony-laptop not working Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:39:22 +0900 Message-ID: <20101112043922.GA19889@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> References: <20101104142915.GC7650@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101110035833.GB3029@kamineko.org> <20101111235000.GA6651@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101112034423.GA7407@srcf.ucam.org> <20101112035027.GD26742@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101112035732.GB7574@srcf.ucam.org> <20101112042243.GE2852@kamineko.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx.logic.tuwien.ac.at ([128.130.175.19]:46468 "EHLO mx.logic.tuwien.ac.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753968Ab0KLEja (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:39:30 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101112042243.GE2852@kamineko.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Mattia Dongili Cc: Matthew Garrett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ACPI Devel Mailing List On Fr, 12 Nov 2010, Mattia Dongili wrote: > backlight (actually Fn+F[56]) is one of those keys the needs remapping > these days, i.e. if xev doesn't get any event in X then you may need It doesn't. > $ diff -u <(sudo input-kbd 5) vaio-kbd > /dev/input/event5 > bustype : BUS_ISA > vendor : 0x104d > product : 0x0 > version : 0 > name : "Sony Vaio Keys" > bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_MSC Ahhhhh root$ input-kbd 8 /dev/input/event8 protocol version mismatch (expected 65536, got 65537) and the same for all event devices?? I have input-kbd from xserver-xorg-input-kbd in Debian/sid, which is at 1:1.4.0-2 version. Does that mean that 2.6.37rc is too new for the user space? Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MATCHING GREEN (adj.) (Of neckties.) Any colour which Nigel Rees rejects as unsuitable for his trousers or jacket. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff