thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: sysfs attribute hotkey_enable is deprecated and will be removed. Hotkey reporting is always enabled

[Jeff Lane ]

These messages have been appearing in Ubuntu for a while now (going back past Lucid, IIRC). Why are they still here, and why does apport still fire on them?

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic-pae 2.6.38-8.42
Regression: No
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1390 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0800000 irq 43'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,17aa21bc,00100004'
   Controls : 10
   Simple ctrls : 6
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf0310000 irq 46'
   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 [on]
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 80HT33WW-1.177000'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 80HT33WW-1.177000'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sat Apr 30 20:01:42 2011
Failure: oops
Frequency: I don't know.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9d6243a2-3115-4c19-bf22-d864ee7113b3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110418)
MachineType: LENOVO 057822U
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic-pae root=UUID=705125b5-9667-4095-bc20-40d9afecf4ee ro quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic-pae N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic-pae N/A
 linux-firmware 1.50
SourcePackage: linux
Title: thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: sysfs attribute hotkey_enable is deprecated and will be removed. Hotkey reporting is always enabled
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/17/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 80ET43WW (1.20 )
dmi.board.name: 057822U
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr80ET43WW(1.20):bd11/17/2010:svnLENOVO:pn057822U:pvrThinkPadEdge:rvnLENOVO:rn057822U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 057822U
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 430361, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.