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  1. Bug #384890
  2. Comment #26

Comment 26 for bug 384890

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 384890] Re: power button not bringing up shutdown dialog [karmic]

Steve Langasek [2009-06-26 7:25 -0000]:
> According to the bug log, I believe the Thinkpads have a different bug.
> I don't see any keypress event when listening on the "Power Button"
> input device on my T60.

This looks like a kernel issue then, it doesn't convert the ACPI event
into an input event? Weird, though, I had expected that most of these
issues were fixed by now, especially with highly prominent laptops
like Thinkpads. Is this not covered by acpi-support either, or do you
have that purged?