Since the vast majority of these are reporting a very specific set of
Dell-only symptoms, and the solutions decided on are two work-arounds
for Dells only, can I suggest that any non-Dell bugs marked as
duplicates are de-tagged and that anyone here with a non-dell submit a
separate bug report? Is
** Also affects: dell
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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I have a Dell as well with this issue and it is Ubuntu Specific. Fedora
works and so does openSuse. It seems to be related to gnome-power-
manager because if I close this process I can change my brightness.
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I haven't gotten any clear answer if I should create separate bug report for my
non-Dell laptop, so I am assuming it's fine to paste respective parts of Mitac
8050QDA dmidecode:
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Hi all
It would be good to know why everything worked perfectly with 7.04, 7.10
and 8.04. If it were a question of BIOS issue/kernel workaround, why
should if ever have worked before?
Thanks in advance for solving this problem!
dmidecode -t bios | head -8
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Chris Hillery ceej-launch...@lambda.nu wrote:
Also happening here on a Dell Latitude D800. Confirmed that my Vendor is
Dell Computer Corporation also.
Chris, can you post the output from these commands?
dmidecode -t bios | head -8
dmidecode -t system | head -8
Here's mine for another example:
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Version: A14
Release Date: 06/30/2005
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
Product Name: Inspiron 8600
Version: Not
Here's my dmidecode info, in case it's needed. Again, this is a dell
inspiron 5150.
dmidecode -t bios :
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SMBIOS 2.3 present.
Handle 0x, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Version: A37
Release Date: 09/29/2004
I'm having the same problems. Here's my output to those last two
commands:
~# dmidecode -t bios | head -8
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
Handle 0x, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Version: A17
Release Date: 06/29/2005
~# dmidecode -t
As requested:
-
janus# dmidecode -t bios | head -8
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
Handle 0x, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Version: A11
Release Date: 09/03/2004
janus# dmidecode -t system | head -8
# dmidecode 2.9
Hi
same problem here, with same symptoms.
using dell inspiron 5150, with ati mobility radeon 9000 graphics card,
and using the foss ati driver
trying to change brightness causes the keyboard to stop working, mouse
still works fine, panel menus fail to come up, though. CPU is being
eaten, and
Also happening here on a Dell Latitude D800. Confirmed that my Vendor is
Dell Computer Corporation also.
On my system, at least, a variant of Rich's workaround is serving me
just fine. I added the following to my ~/.xmodmaprc :
keycode 232 = Shift_L
keycode 233 = Shift_R
This prevents those
** Changed in: gnome-power
Status: Unknown = Invalid
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I also have Phoenix Technologies, LTD on my dmidecode output..
This is on my Dell Studio 1535, I bought it from dell.com/ubuntu w/ Hardy on it
originally and the brightness function key combo worked fine on Hardy, but
after upgrading to Intrepid, weird things happened with the brightnes function
Lethe, I spoke to the user who reported the Phoenix BIOS and it looks
like there is no problem with that version. The current kernel patches
should fix the problem for all the known cases. This is what the user
said:
As of this date, and with the latest updates (as of yesterday)...
Brightness and
I prodded the kernel guys to get the Dell Computer Corporation one in,
and it is now queued:
http://marc.info/?t=12305611373r=1w=2
... but also on my thread in the forums, it appears there is now another
bloody option, but the user doesn't state if he has same issues with
keyboard quirks:
Scratch that dmidecode information, I ran dmidecode on the wrong machine and
I'm new to Launchpad
Sorry about that... everything before the dmidecode information is still true.
Here's the actual dmidecode information for my laptop:
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Version: A05
Release Date:
I see this is targeting intrepid-updates, but that is not slated until
2010-04-30. Is there any other way to push this to Intrepid users
faster?
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quick dirty workaround while the kernel is getting fixed:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 232 = XF86_Switch_VT_7'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 233 = XF86_Switch_VT_7'
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I agree totally with Wirawan. This bug, though small, is very serious. I
found the workaround Ctrl+Alt+Fx by myself because I wanted to check the
problem from the command line, but there are more and more users out
there who have no idea that their Linux has six text terminals. The only
thing they
Guys, I have just asked the kernel people to apply the 'Dell Computer
Corporation' patch as it was proposed, but didn't seem to make it into
the lastest kernel release.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=123055061901679w=2
Hopefully if it is applied, Ubuntu kernel team will pick it up and
I'm not really fluent in kernel's code, but if we use :
DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, Dell)
it might works for both :
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
and
Vendor: Dell Inc.
No ?
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No. I think DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, ...) requires a full match,
not a substring.
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http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=123056100215208w=2
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Hi everybody,
There has been no further discussion from anyone for a little while; new
posts seem to repeat the existing bug description. I am surprised that
such a long bug report hasn't be acted upon promptly, although the fix
is easy to make (albeit being a dirty workaround):
This dire
Before ...
mi...@i8600:~$ uname -a
Linux i8600 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
mi...@i8600:~$ sudo lsb_release -a|grep Description
Description:Ubuntu 8.10
mi...@i8600:~$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 Vendor; sudo dmidecode | grep
-i -a1 -b1 Product
I am in an identical situation to the above comment (Guillaume LAURENT,
Inspiron 8600, DMI Vendor Dell Computer Corporation, Intrepid),
applied modified Richard Hughes patch, recompiled, and the problem is
fixed. The most recent kernel in ubuntu-proposed (-11 I believe) does
not fix the problem.
something similar has occured in my lenovo y500 laptop.
mouse clicks close/minimise windows but do not open panel menus or any other
icon. even pressing enter doesn't open selected icons. i logout and log
back(CTRL + ALT + BSPC) in to make it all right. this has happened while
changing the
Same issues on a Inspiron 1100, adjust brightness using the hotkeys, OSD
level comes up and can adjust brightness but then the rest of the
keyboard is unresponsive.
$ uname -a
Linux deformedrabbit 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
$ dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1
I have the same issue on a Dell precision M4300. It also happens when not using
hotkeys, almost randomly, a few times a hour. Under both 32 and 64 bits.
As a side note, when the problem happens, i press ctrl-alt-F1 and the screen
flickers to text mode, but very often comes back by itself to
Tried with the latest 2.6.27-11-generic and all other updates and bug still
exists for me.
Dell Latitude D600 (Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation)
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the new gnome-power-manager in -updates fixes the last OSD issue on my
Dell Precision M65. So all loks good to me.
I expect my Dell Precision M4300 to react the same way. If not, I'll
report back once tested.
Many thanks for the efforts devs!
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I installed the newest gnome-power-manager (2.24.0-0ubuntu8.1) on my
Dell Lattitude D600. The result was mixed (I am using xubuntu 8.10,
BTW):
* Now I can see the OSD when adjusting the brightness up and down.
However, the keyboard was still locked as a result of pressing Fn+Up or
Fn+Dn.
* On
brightness OSD is working since recent updates – at least when on battery,
couldn't test with AC plugged in yet.
x-brightness applet still has some problems getting correct brightness level,
but that is low priority i'd say
Dell Precision M4300
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Can confirm the birghtness applet and OSD is working on my Dell Inspiron 6000
since I updated yesterday.
Ray
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System: Intrepid Ibex. See comment #126 for more hardware/software
detail.
* Commenting suggestion from Jérémie Laval:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/linux/+bug/285323/comments/51
-- I also found that this trick did not work for me (as Saïvann
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Also affecting me, Dell XPS M170 laptop.
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The same on Dell Latitude X300 (lightness fn+up/down, and eject fn+F10)
linux-image-2.6.27-10-generic
version 2.6.27-10.20
linux-image-generic
version 2.6.27.10.13
Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
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Hi Jimig,
Have you upgraded to 2.6.27-10? I have an Inspiron 6000 and on -8 and -10 the
problem of the locked keys is sorted. I still hace a hassle with the
gnome-power-manager OSD and brightness applet not showing the current level.
Ray
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Forgot version string on posting #126. Ubuntu kernel version string is
2.6.27-10.20 .
Wirawan
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FYI the same problem described occurs on a DELL Inspiron 6000 laptop.
Proposed kernel fixes does not solve the problem. Alswo tried changing
the BIOS and BIOS options without altering the problem.
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Just to confirm: The newest proposed kernel (2.6.27-10-generic) still
does not solve locked keys in Dell Inspiron 600m/D600. I am still using
xkb-data version 1.3.2ubuntu4.2 .
Wirawan
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Linux 2.6.27-10
xkb-data 1.3-2ubuntu4.2
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I am running the 2.6.27-8-generic kernel build a few minutes ago using
the launchpad linux_2.6.27.orig.tar.gz and linux_2.6.27-8.17.diff.gz
sources and the bug is gone.
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Leann Ogasawara : I'm sorry, my last comment was wrong. My
/boot/grub/menu.lst file didn't update correctly and I was still on the
old kernel. The bug is fixed in 2.6.27.10.13 kernel in intrepid-
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With 2.6.27-10 from -proposed the keyboard control for backlight works
with 7 levels of dimming up and down.
However, the brightness OSD is still not showing when using the keyboard
shortcut. It is only showing briefly when I plug-unplug the power cord
and g-p-m updates the brightness level
Leann Ogasawara : I confirm that this bug is *not* fixed with
2.6.27-8.17 kernel from intrepid-proposed. I previously built linux
kernel with Richard Huges upstream patch and it definitively fixed the
bug. Installing Linux kernel from intrepid proposed bring back the bug
to life, so that probably
Has the fix hit the repositories yet? I still am getting this problem on
an Inspiron 8600 with all the latest patches including proposed and
backports. When I alter the brightness, the keyboard stops working and
the process 'hald-addon-dell' sits at the top of the list output by the
'top' command,
The patch mentioned above in comment
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/285323/comments/70
is available for testing in the 2.6.27-8.17 kernel that's available in
intrepid-proposed. Refer to
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and
There was an update today that I think was called xkb-data, as far as
I can tell it has fixed my brightness problems. I no longer lose power
to my keyboard, the volume does not go down when my brightness goes up
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Trying to fix something else (sound problems), I ended up partially
(almost completely) fixing this bug. The two problems I had disappeared:
when I press Fn+up the keyboard does not lock, and volume is not
changed. (What still feels buggy is that, when changing brightness
levels, I get a very
I'm going to vote for gpm being an issue too. I've given up on this
getting fixed properly soon, and went back to 8.04. I don't have any
issues with input and the OSD for the screen brightness works fine.
Just to be clear, DOWNGRADING the distribution works, but not
downgrading the kernel, which
Killing gnome power manager does not fix any
Fn+VolumeUp/VolumeDown/ToggleMute problems on Mitac 8050QDA - does this
mean I do not have the same bug, just the symptoms and should I open a
new separate bug report?
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Confirm that killing gpm on dell latitude d600, change brightness, then
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reload it the everything will still work. It must be a problem with
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I'm running Xubuntu 8.10. Same problem. Attaching Xorg log, lspci-nnvv
and dmesg.
** Attachment added: lscpci-nnvv.log
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19666105/lscpci-nnvv.log
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same here on my m65:
2879-BIOS Information
2896: Vendor: Dell Inc.
2915- Version: A08
3839- Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
3864: Product Name: Precision M65
3912- Version: Not Specified
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4129- Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
4154: Product Name: 0JF242
4176- Version:
I get this on a Dell Inspiron 8600, if it's relevant:
523-BIOS Information
540:Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
575-Version: A10
1429- Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
1470: Product Name: Inspiron 8600
1518- Version: Not Specified
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1697- Manufacturer: Dell Computer
same issue on a Dell Studio 1535
ATI Radeon HD 3400
fglrx driver
ubuntu intrepid
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I have inspiron 9200, with ATI video card. The OS is Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10
Other information obtained using lshw coomand:
description: Portable Computer
product: Inspiron 9200
vendor: Dell Inc.
serial: B6KRH1J
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
*-core
I am also facing the same problem on my DELL PRECISION M4300 (ubuntu
8.10 32bit). I came to know the culprit is Fn+arrow due to this
bug(thanks to google ..)
alteast I am happy that there is workaround (ctrl+alt+f1 and
ctrl+alt+f7).. Until now I had no other option than logout and login..
:(
I verified this bug doesn't happen on my friend's Dell Latitude E6400.
Hmm, So not all dell laptops are affected..
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Satya, on the M4300 what is output from:
sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 vendor; sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1
-b1 Product Name
if it says 'Dell Computer Corporation' that is why the fix doesn't work
- another kernel patch has be suggested, which hasn't yet made it in the
tree.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 vendor; sudo dmidecode |
grep -i -a1 -b1 Product Name
2899-BIOS Information
2916: Vendor: Dell Inc.
2935- Version: A12
3860- Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
3885: Product Name: Precision M4300
3933- Version: Not Specified
On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 09:11 +, Lethe wrote:
Satya, on the M4300 what is output from:
sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 vendor; sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1
-b1 Product Name
This is what I get on my M4300:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 vendor; sudo dmidecode
| grep
For Dell Inspiron 1501 users, it appears as if a BIOS Update to 2.6.3
fixes this problem, as I have been unable to recreate the error under
this BIOS version. I upgraded from BIOS 1.7.0.
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On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 09:40 +, Nico wrote:
On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 09:11 +, Lethe wrote:
Satya, on the M4300 what is output from:
sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 vendor; sudo dmidecode | grep -i
-a1
-b1 Product Name
On my M65 I have :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ sudo dmidecode
There is a another patch been issued to cover the other 'Dell Computer
Corporation' case:
http://marc.info/?t=12186848293r=1w=2
klerfayt: If you see the very same symptoms, maybe you need to mail the
LKML with more details - this could be another of these machines that
does not report key
confirming that 2.6.27.8 kernel fixes the problem on DELL Inspiron 6000 but the
OSD does NOT work and the brightness applet also does NOT work. My machine does
identify as Dell Inc. too.
Ray
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confirming that 2.6.27.8 kernel fixes the problem on DELL Inspiron 9400;
(Identified as Del Inc.). xev no longer shows the KeyPress/KeyRelease
loop, and OSD for brightness is working.
However a minor issue I noticed was that brightness up/down steps were
not consistent. After going to 100%
Do I really suffer same bug, if my laptop is not Dell, but Mitac? (8050QDA)
Enabled intrepid proposed today and applied updates - no change.
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So it is me with Dell Inspiron 5100 again. To answer Lethe's question,
the model is identified as:
sudo dmidecode | grep 5100
Product Name: Inspiron 5100
I attached the output of dmidecode on my laptop previously, I understand
that most info should be there. Please let me know if you
output from dmidecode gives me a Vendor string of Dell Computer
Corporation as well, Dell Latitude D600 - latest kernel still has
issue for me, obviously.
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sorry to write again :-/
i was to fast writing my last comment... it must have been some different quirk.
fn+down/up work now, and xev only reports one keydown a time.
sorry again, and thanks!
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dmidecode gives me Dell Inc. but the latest kernel update hasn't fixed this
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i'm on a dell precision m4300 here
another issue that might be related is, that everytime i try to switch
to a VT it jumps back to X after one second – switching then again to VT
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I have the same bug with 8.10 (64 bits) on a Dell Inspiron 1501. When I
press Fn+Up to change the brightness, the keyboard stops to work and I
can't click on the gnome menu bar. I use Ctrl+Alt+F# as a workaround.
There was no such bug with Hardy.
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I don't know if it could be useful but the bug isn't triggered when
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This bug affects me -- Dell Vostro 1000. As with DanL, pressing Fn+Up
also makes volume go down.
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As a Inspiron 1501 user who encountered this bug, I can confirm that the
kernel update to 2.6.27-8 in ubuntu-proposed fixes this issue. Thanks!
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I had this problem on Dell Inspiron 5100, Ubuntu 8.10 and now that I
updated the kernel to 2.6.27-8 the problem persists exactly the same
way as I described it before. Is this update supposed to fix it?
I am not sure if the following is relevant, but here is what I think may be the
reason for
Karl M., interesting.
I have reported this to the kernel guys, as obviously the patch fails to
cover all the vendor names Dell use, and as in your case, the fix is not
applicable (but still needed).
I guess the kernel guys will need to be told as new and different vendor
monikers appear.
Sorry for the errors in my last comment.
As an update, when I adjust the screen brightness I am now experiencing
sudden X restarts after removing blacklist video.
I'm using Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex with all updates on a Dell M1330.
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Thanks Guido Vicino!
I had the same problem with the Fn + arrow keys to change brightness on my
M1330. I used blacklist video in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist as a workaround
for a href=https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell/+bug/226981;bug #226981/a.
Removing blacklist video fixed the problems with the
I had the same problem.. but I resolved it removing following lines:
# These was proposed as workaround for bug #203861
blacklist video
from
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Bye G. Vicino
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If there was existing code in the kernel to fix the bug on Dell
Latitudes, why did it stop working in Intrepid? I didn't have this
problem in Gutsy or Hardy. (Dell D600) This seems like a regression of
some sort, or am I missing something?
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OK, I built my own kernel with the above kernel patch applied.
This works good. My wireless key now functions again, and the CDEject
key (XF86Eject) when mapped to Fluxbox keys file works too without
locking up the desktop input.
xev reports all fn keys to work properly (apart from F3, and F8
OK, I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 (UK MM01) model, and I am seeing the
same issues only with these keys:
fn+F1, fn+F2, fn+F8.
...no release is registered.
So this Dell bug seems to affect different models in different ways.
I look forward to this kernel upgrade so I can get standby and wireless
Saïvann, thanks so much for testing and confirming the patch works for
you (especially since you are the original bug reporter). The kernel is
still trying to work it's way into intrepid-proposed for everyone to
test. For now I'm closing the gnome-power-manager task as this has
been confirmed
Good to hear this is being looked at, I thought I was the only one.
Something not mentioned that I experienced is that when pressing the
Fn+up my brightness would go up AND my volume would go down at the same
time.
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Leann Ogasawara :
For now I'm closing the gnome-power-manager task as this has been
confirmed to be a kernel bug.
It isn't, and hasn't been. This is a bug with Dell portables. The
kernel patch is a hack to fix up the buggy crap.
Nick
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The cause of this problem is explained as DELLs not sending the Key Up
events. In my case I see a tight loop of KeyPress/KeyRelease events (in
xev), as I have explained in bug#288579
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/288579), which was
closed as a duplicate of this. Is it really
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
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn +
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285323
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Per Richard's last comment, I'm opening a linux kernel task for this
bug. If anyone else would be able to test and confirm this patch
resolves this issue for them as well that would be great. Thanks.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Intrepid)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
Assignee:
Looks like the patch has recently been applied to the Intrepid kernel.
A kernel which contains this patch will eventually be uploaded to
intrepid-proposed for people to test. We'll try to update you when it's
available. Thanks.
commit 8948ecffc8c56009c4580e684d6e385b2bad96df
Author: Matthew
I'm using a Fujitsu Siemens Pa1510 Laptop and have the same problem!
Greetings
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Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn +
arrow under intrepid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285323
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