Re: Commit 9b57896e removed my Vaio S1 S2 keys for brightness +/-.

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Sun Jul 19 2009 - 18:26:13 EST


On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 05:22:36PM -0500, Robin Holt wrote:
> Matthew,
>
> I am not sure whether this is a bug or just something not configured
> correctly. I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and finally decided to find out why
> the S1 and S2 buttons no longer brighten or dim the display. Prior to
> commit 9b57896e, they behaved equivalent to the Fn-F5 and Fn-F6 keys
> for brightness up/down.

I suspect that they're now working correctly, whereas previously they
weren't. Do they generate input events when you press them? You can
probably map them back to KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP and KEY_BRIGHTNESSODNW.

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