function hotkeys don't match key labels on Sony U101

Bug #22489 reported by Adam Lydick
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hotkey-setup (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

While the expected hotkey functionality is present (brightness, volume, mute),
the behavior of the function keys does not match their labels. I've created a
table of keys that either have labels or actions (or both).

Key | Label | Actual Behavior
---------------------------------------------
Fn+F2 | None | Toggle Mute
Fn+F3 | Mute | Volume--
Fn+F4 | Adjust Volume | Volume++
Fn+F5 | Adjust Brightness | Brightness--
Fn+F6 | None | Brightness++
Fn+F7 | Toggle Ext. Monitor | Nothing
Fn+F12| Suspend to Disk | Nothing
Zoom/Rotate | Zoom/Rotate | Nothing
ThumbPhrase | ThumbPhrase | Nothing
Standby | Standby | Nothing
Power Save | Power Save | Nothing

Note: /var/log/acpid properly reports each keypress as an event for any Fn+key
combination (sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 000000##)

IIRC, the original sony design was to have the function keys toggle an OSD
slider [========....] that could be manipulated with the arrow keys, hence the
layout of the special keys. Lacking this isn't fatal, but it is harder to figure
out which key should do what without a visual guide.

== Missing functionality:

The sleep button should probably be bound to hibernate/sleep (depending on which
is enabled), but neither suspend-to-disk nor standby keys do anything. Event codes:

* Standby: (same as Fn+Escape) sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000000b
* Fn+F12 (Suspend-to-Disk) sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000017

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Matthew Garrett (mjg59) wrote :

The reason for this appears to be that the U101 has a slightly different layout
to pretty much every other Sony. I've added the suspend and hibernate keys, but
I'm afraid I don't have a handy near-term solution for the other keys not quite
doing the right thing. There ought to be a new upload with them in the near future.

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unggnu (unggnu) wrote :

Could you please recheck it with latest Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 or the Live CD?

Changed in hotkey-setup:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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wolfger (wolfger) wrote :

5 months with no reply. We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in hotkey-setup:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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