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The Fn key of my Apple keyboard doesn't work

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  4. Bug #942184
Reported by Laurent Vivier on 2012-02-27
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
​ linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
​ Natty
Fix Released
Medium
Herton R. Krzesinski
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Bug Description

SRU Justification

Impact

Non functioning Fn keys without hid-apple support.

Fix

Add missing device id for Apple wireless aluminum keyboard (model 2011)

Testcase

Attach keyboard and use Fn keys.

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Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.55-generic 2.6.38.8

The Fn key of my brand new Apple wireless keyboard (A1314) is not managed.

It seems because the hid-apple module is not loaded :

 input: Apple Wireless Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-3/1-3.6/1-3.6:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:42/input6
 generic-bluetooth 0005:05AC:0256.0003: input,hidraw0: BLUETOOTH HID v0.50 Keyboard [Apple Wireless Keyboard] on 00:1B:DC:00:F5:A9

Checking in kernel source product id 0x0256 is not known

I've added it and recompiled hid.ko and hid-apple.ko and now it works fine:

 input: Apple Wireless Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-3/1-3.6/1-3.6:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:42/input4
 apple 0005:05AC:0256.0001: input,hidraw0: BLUETOOTH HID v0.50 Keyboard [Apple Wireless Keyboard] on 00:1B:DC:00:F5:A9

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic 2.6.38-13.55 [modified: lib/modules/2.6.38-13-generic/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-apple.ko lib/modules/2.6.38-13-generic/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.55-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: laurent 1919 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: laurent 1919 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfb4f8000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,18491890,00100101'
   Controls : 36
   Simple ctrls : 21
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x825'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x825 at usb-0000:00:1a.7-4, high speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0825'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
   Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
   Capture channels: Mono
   Limits: Capture 0 - 6144
   Mono: Capture 6144 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
Date: Mon Feb 27 20:08:48 2012
HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/dm-3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=6cd6b1b8-4eb0-4459-95df-68fb11a1527c ro loop.max_part=16 quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-13-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-13-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.52
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.90
dmi.board.name: P43R1600Twins-WiFi
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.90:bd12/18/2008:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnP43R1600Twins-WiFi:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

See original description
Laurent Vivier (laurent-vivier) wrote :
Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2012-02-27
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

It looks like your device has been added to the upstream kernel and is also available in precise:

hid-ids.h:#define USB_DEVICE_ID_APPLE_ALU_WIRELESS_2011_ISO 0x0256

Did you open this bug to see if this can be backported to prior stable releases?

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: added: kernel-da-key
Laurent Vivier (laurent-vivier) wrote :

Yes.

I just want to use my keyboard with Ubuntu 11.04 without having to recompile the kernel each time the kernel is updated.

Herton R. Krzesinski (herton) wrote :
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Herton R. Krzesinski (herton)
description: updated
Herton R. Krzesinski (herton) on 2012-03-02
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Herton R. Krzesinski (herton) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel for Natty in -proposed solves the problem (2.6.38-13.57). Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-natty' to 'verification-done-natty'.

If verification is not done by one week from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-natty
Laurent Vivier (laurent-vivier) wrote :

Verification done:

$ uname -a
Linux Quad 2.6.38-13-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 5 18:29:54 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ dmesg
...
[ 31.010704] input: Apple Wireless Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-3/1-3.6/1-3.6:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:43/input4
[ 31.010808] apple 0005:05AC:0256.0001: input,hidraw0: BLUETOOTH HID v0.50 Keyboard [Apple Wireless Keyboard] on 00:1B:DC:00:F5:A9
...
$ lsmod |grep hid

hidp 22572 2
l2cap 53610 25 hidp,rfcomm,bnep
bluetooth 72320 10 hidp,rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
hid_apple 13324 0
hid 91020 2 hidp,hid_apple

tags: added: verification-done-natty
removed: verification-needed-natty
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.38-13.57

---------------
linux (2.6.38-13.57) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  [Herton R. Krzesinski]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #947254

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * KVM: Device assignment permission checks
    - LP: #897812
    - CVE-2011-4347
  * HID: hid-apple: add device ID of another wireless aluminium
    - LP: #942184
  * eCryptfs: Extend array bounds for all filename chars
    - LP: #944990
  * eCryptfs: Remove extra d_delete in ecryptfs_rmdir
    - LP: #723518
  * eCryptfs: Clear i_nlink in rmdir
    - LP: #723518
  * ipc/sem.c: fix race with concurrent semtimedop() timeouts and IPC_RMID
    - LP: #943815
  * eCryptfs: Sanitize write counts of /dev/ecryptfs
    - LP: #947075
  * eCryptfs: Infinite loop due to overflow in ecryptfs_write()
    - LP: #947143
 -- Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:28:11 -0300

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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