* Confirming comment #56 by Endolith, 1st and 3rd observation: hald-addon-dell-backlight is taking much CPU, and strange behaviour of menus.
* Confirming comment #91 by Daniel Knitt-Frank: When I got locked due to Fn+up/dn, I had to press Ctrl+Alt+F{n} then Ctrl+Alt+F7 again to fully restore the functionality of keyboard.
* Confirming as well comments #126 and #131 by Wirawan Purwanto.
* Try last kernel from intrepid-proposed (2.6.27-11-generic, 22 dec.), no change.
* Apply patch from Richard Hughes in comment #68 with modification from Kārlis M. in comment #93 (sources from git, on 24 dec.)
static struct dmi_system_id atkbd_dmi_quirk_table[] __initdata = {
{ .ident = "Dell Laptop", .matches = { DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Computer Corporation"), DMI_MATCH(DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE, "8"),
}, .callback = atkbd_setup_fixup, .driver_data = atkbd_dell_laptop_keymap_fixup,
},
Not so easy to compile ;-) (I haven't done it from years...)
Reboot, and ... it works !
mitch@i8600:~$ uname -a
Linux i8600 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Wed Dec 24 14:40:03 CET 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
I forget to change the flavor...
This point is still not taken in account in new kernel release ?
Before ...
mitch@i8600:~$ uname -a
Linux i8600 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
mitch@i8600:~$ sudo lsb_release -a|grep Description
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
mitch@i8600:~$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 "Vendor"; sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 "Product Name"
523-BIOS Information
540: Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
575- Version: A14
1429- Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
1470: Product Name: Inspiron 8600
1518- Version: Not Specified
--
1697- Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
1738: Product Name: 0P3490
1760- Version:
* Confirming comment #56 by Endolith, 1st and 3rd observation: hald-addon- dell-backlight is taking much CPU, and strange behaviour of menus.
* Confirming comment #91 by Daniel Knitt-Frank: When I got locked due to Fn+up/dn, I had to press Ctrl+Alt+F{n} then Ctrl+Alt+F7 again to fully restore the functionality of keyboard.
* Confirming as well comments #126 and #131 by Wirawan Purwanto.
* Try last kernel from intrepid-proposed (2.6.27-11-generic, 22 dec.), no change.
* Apply patch from Richard Hughes in comment #68 with modification from Kārlis M. in comment #93 (sources from git, on 24 dec.) quirk_table[ ] __initdata = {
.ident = "Dell Laptop",
.matches = {
DMI_ MATCH(DMI_ SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Computer Corporation"),
DMI_ MATCH(DMI_ CHASSIS_ TYPE, "8"),
.callback = atkbd_setup_fixup,
.driver_ data = atkbd_dell_ laptop_ keymap_ fixup,
static struct dmi_system_id atkbd_dmi_
{
},
},
Not so easy to compile ;-) (I haven't done it from years...)
Reboot, and ... it works !
mitch@i8600:~$ uname -a
Linux i8600 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Wed Dec 24 14:40:03 CET 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
I forget to change the flavor...
This point is still not taken in account in new kernel release ?