This is a kernel problem that affects Dell laptops. It has been fixed
upstream by Matthew Garrett. The issue is that some keys on a Dell
laptop do not produce a key down, key up sequence when the button is
pressed, and instead just produce key down and NOT key up. This confuses
X greatly, as more and more keys are being pressed "together". This is
fixed in 61579ba83934d397a4fa2bb7372de9ae112587d5 on 15th August in
Linus' tree.
Author: Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri Aug 15 13:54:51 2008 -0400
Input: atkbd - expand Latitude's force release quirk to other Dells
Dell laptops fail to send key up events for several of their special
keys. There's an existing quirk in the kernel to handle this, but it's
limited to the Latitude range. This patch extends it to cover all
portable Dells.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
index 4474572..22016ca 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
@@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ static void atkbd_disconnect(struct serio *serio)
}
/*
- * Most special keys (Fn+F?) on Dell Latitudes do not generate release
+ * Most special keys (Fn+F?) on Dell laptops do not generate release
* events so we have to do it ourselves.
*/
-static void atkbd_latitude_keymap_fixup(struct atkbd *atkbd)
+static void atkbd_dell_laptop_keymap_fixup(struct atkbd *atkbd)
{
const unsigned int forced_release_keys[] = {
0x85, 0x86, 0x87, 0x88, 0x89, 0x8a, 0x8b, 0x8f, 0x93,
@@ -1451,13 +1451,13 @@ static int __init atkbd_setup_fixup(const struct
dmi_system_id *id)
static struct dmi_system_id atkbd_dmi_quirk_table[] __initdata = {
{
- .ident = "Dell Latitude series",
+ .ident = "Dell Laptop",
.matches = {
DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
- DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Latitude"),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE, "8"), /* Portable */
},
.callback = atkbd_setup_fixup,
- .driver_data = atkbd_latitude_keymap_fixup,
+ .driver_data = atkbd_dell_laptop_keymap_fixup,
},
{
.ident = "HP 2133",
--
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