/etc/init.d/hotkey-setup looks at xorg.conf to find what video driver is in use; this doesn't work any more
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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hotkey-setup (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Intrepid |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: hotkey-setup
In the 'do_video' and 'do_thinkpad' methods in /etc/init.
VIDEO=`sed -n -e '/^[ \t]*section[ \\t]*"device"/I,/^[ \t]*endsection/
The value of $VIDEO is then tested to see if it is 'intel', 'ati', or 'radeon'. Unfortunately, with the new, less-configurat
It doesn't seem like the configuration of the thinkpad_acpi hotkey mask (at line 32 in hotkey-setup) should be dependent on the video driver in use, in any case. Surely if the driver were 'fglrx', for example, the hotkey mask should still be configured?
This is in hardy final, with hotkey-setup version 0.1-17ubuntu21, on an IBM ThinkPad T43 model 2668F5G.
Related branches
Changed in hotkey-setup: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: | added: iso-testing |
I should add: because this affects the setting of the thinkpad_acpi hotkey mask, it has irritating effects like those in bug #220969.