Maxdata multimedia buttons not working (HAL/Xorg?)

Bug #309919 reported by legolas558
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hal (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Maxdata Pro 7000X (see http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Maxdata_Pro_7000X) has 5 special keys on the left side of the keyboard. 4 of them used to work flawlessy in Gentoo, but they are not working in Ubuntu Intrepid.

I used xmodmaprc in Gentoo, however this is in /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-misc.fdi:

      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.vendor" string="MAXDATA">
        <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" prefix="Pro 7000">
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">97:prog2</append> <!-- "P2" programmable button -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">9f:prog1</append> <!-- "P1" programmable button -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">a0:mute</append> <!-- Fn-F5 Sound On/Off -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">82:www</append> <!-- www button -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">ec:email</append> <!-- envelope button -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">ae:volumedown</append> <!-- Fn-Down Volume down -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">b0:volumeup</append> <!-- Fn-Up Volume up -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">df:suspend</append> <!-- Fn+F2 hibernate -->
          <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">f5:help</append> <!-- Help button -->
        </match>
      </match>

They key values are verified, I simply cannot see any key when using xev and pressing the special buttons. Can somebody please help?

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legolas558 (legolas558) wrote :

I am also using:

setxkbmap 'it+inet(maxdata_pro_7000x)'

And I have defined maxdata_pro_7000x in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet:

// Maxdata Pro 7000X

partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "maxdata_pro_7000x" {
    name[Group1]= "Maxdata Pro 7000X Laptop Keyboard";

    key <IEC> { [ XF86Mail ] };
    key <I82> { [ XF86WWW ] };
    key <I9F> { [ XF86User1KB ] };
    key <I97> { [ XF86User2KB ] };
};

There is to say that other special keys (those with Fn+(other key)) are all working (for example volume up/down/mute, standby etc.)

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Michele Mangili (mangilimic) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting as separate attachments.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

... per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting, this is almost certainly not a bug in acpi-support; reassigning to hal-info.

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xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

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xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in hal (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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