Soltech TA12 netbook volume hotkeys not sending key release in Jaunty
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
SRU Justification:
Impact: Netbooks based on the Soltech TA12 do not send a key release for volume keys causing Linux to think the key is constantly being pressed forever.
Fix: Attached is a patch that forces a key release when volume keys are pressed (will get submitted upstream).
Testcase: After booting with the patch applied, when volume key is press a key release will be sent so the volume keys can work as expected.
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The Soltech TA12 netbook does not send a release key when pressing volume up, volume down, or mute. This causes Ubuntu to see the key constantly being pressed.
Zareason (www.zareason.com) is evaluating to ship this with Ubuntu 9.04.
A patch attached was written for the latest 2.6.28 jaunty tree branch, and has been tested by Zareason who has verified it working on the hardware.
To reproduce this problem:
1) Get Soltech TA12 notebook (Soltech is a Chinese ODM)
2) Press Volume down key
3) Notice the volume keeps going down to 0 even though you pressed the key once.
Please consider this patch to fix this issue for Jaunty SRU.
* Will be writing a different patch for upstream 2.6.30+ as the code has been refactored upstream since 2.6.28.
visibility: | public → private |
description: | updated |
visibility: | private → public |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Attached is the DMI decode info, to add more info to understand the patch.