*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 271706 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271706
This isn't a duplicate of the gnome power manager bug.
The issue is that on certain systems' PS/2 keyboards, the volume control keys
(and certain media keys) report a KEY_DOWN when they're pressed, but not a
KEY_UP when they're released. The result of this is that the system acts like
they're stuck- and repeats them indefinitely, preventing use of the keyboard
and/or mouse.
Why don't we implement the same solution that was implemented in the old
Xorg KBD drivers?
That is, add to the PostKbdEvent() function in evdev.c something along
the lines of:
/* fix events for volume keys */
if(ev->code == KEY_VOLUMEDOWN || ev->code == KEY_VOLUMEUP)
{
//post a keydown and then a keyup, as media keys have no automatic
key-up
xf86PostKeyboardEvent(pInfo->dev, code, 1);
xf86PostKeyboardEvent(pInfo->dev, code, 0);
return;
}
?
(I posted information about a temporary 'fix' here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=974723)
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Hardware volume button will maximize or mute completly instead of small steps
in volume
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278781
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