Multimedia and battery keys do not work on Dell Studio 1557

[Mark Smith]

dmesg shows:
dell-wmi: Unknown key 0 pressed

This is a pretty easy fix:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1242512
I tested it on 2.6.33 and 2.6.34 on gentoo and it worked perfectly. This should fix the issue on the studio 1555/1557/1558.

Should the Studio 155x models fall into the dell_new_hk_type category instead?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-9-generic (not installed)
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-10.15-generic 2.6.35-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-10-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: mark 1728 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf1000000 irq 55'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD73C1X5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7675,102802bd,00100103'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xcfeec000 irq 56'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [off]
Date: Fri Jul 23 12:56:44 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=23f5c556-c166-4466-87d4-b73de38c135d
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100630.2)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1557
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-10-generic root=UUID=a154b74b-d1cd-402f-86aa-da41cc50ed29 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.37
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 05/27/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: 0KM426
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A06
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A06
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd05/27/2010:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1557:pvrA06:rvnDellInc.:rn0KM426:rvrA06:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA06:
dmi.product.name: Studio 1557
dmi.product.version: A06
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Mark Smith (tntc-tig)]

Just wanted to paste the patch here, in case the mailing list disappears. I haven't been able to test the patch since I've switched back to Ubuntu 10.04 for the time being, but I will be testing the current liveCD on my Studio today.

Fixes pressing the eject key on Dell Studio 1555 does not work and
produces message :
dell-wmi: Unknown key 0 pressed

Signed-off-by: Islam Amer <pharon [at] gmail>
---

--- linux-sidux-2.6-2.6.34/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c.orig 2010-06-03
00:02:17.418824168 +0300
+++ linux-sidux-2.6-2.6.34/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c 2010-06-03
00:01:40.641833249 +0300
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, v
return;
}

- if (dell_new_hk_type)
+ if (dell_new_hk_type || buffer_entry[1] == 0x0)
reported_key = (int)buffer_entry[2];
else
reported_key = (int)buffer_entry[1] & 0xffff;
--

[Mark Smith (tntc-tig)]

Bug still exists in daily maverick build. Should be a super easy fix, but I'm not familiar enough with the Ubuntu kernel build process. When I patched this on Gentoo, worked like a charm. Affects Battery key (Fn-F3), keyboard brightness key for back-light keyboard (Fn-F6, still functions to change keyboard brightness), and Eject key (No F key, located to the right of F12).

The patch basically determines if the key buffer entry at [1] is empty, and if it is, uses buffer_entry[2]. If someone can throw together a kernel package for me, I can test ASAP.

[Mark Smith (tntc-tig)]

Managed to patch the kernel and compile it. Worked fine with the package I built. What else do I need to do?

[Mark Smith (tntc-tig)]

This patch should fix the buttons on the Studio 1555, Studio 1557, Studio 1558.
Apply to drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c inside the kernel source tree.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.35-18.24

---------------
linux (2.6.35-18.24) maverick; urgency=low

  [ Colin Watson ]

  * Pass DEB_MAINT_PARAMS to hook scripts

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * [Config] Add CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=y to config enforcer
    - LP: #584812
  * rebase to v2.6.35.3

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * (pre-stable) dell-wmi: Add support for eject key on Dell Studio 1555
    - LP: #609234
  * can: add limit for nframes and clean up signed/unsigned variables
    - CVE-2010-2959
  * drm: Initialize ioctl struct when no user data is present
    - CVE-2010-2803
  * ARM: initial stack protector (-fstack-protector) support
  * ARM: stack protector: change the canary value per task
  * [ARM] implement arch_randomize_brk()
  * [ARM] add address randomization to mmap()
  * ARM: fix ASLR of PIE executables
 -- Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:22:04 -0700

[Michael Doube (michael-doube)]

I get a reference to this bug after running git bisect to diagnose bug #658198. It looks like changes to drivers/input/input.c and drivers/input/evdev.c have broken hotkey support for backlight control on my Sony Vaio SZ650.

[David A. Rountree (darountree)]

I previously applied this patch against the 2.6.4-020634-generic kernel, and it worked great. Now I've upgraded to Kubuntu 10.10, with the 2.6.35-23-generic kernel. According to this changelog: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35.6-maverick/CHANGES, the fix was put in at mainline kernel 2.6.35.6. According to this table: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/info/kernel-version-map.html, my 2.6.35-23-generic kernel is based on mainline kernel 2.6.35.7, which would thus include the fix. But the eject key on my Studio 1558 still doesn't work. I even installed the source code for the 2.6.35-23 K/Ubuntu kernel and verified that the fix is in the dell-wmi.c code.

So, I can only conclude that something else has broken the cd eject key. Thoughts?

[David A. Rountree (darountree)]

Nevermind - figured it out. Kubuntu doesn't assign the slotload CD drive an eject key during setup like Ubuntu does - you have to assign it manually.