Ok it appears you are correct.
So running the following tests:
1) Kernel 2.6.22.15 (with thinkpad-acpi v0.19) = Works great Gnome can see
mute button pressed
2) Kernel 2.6.24-rc7 (with thinkpad-acpi v0.19) = Gnome does NOT see
mute is pressed
Mute
button is not recogonized when try to
associate it with a keyboard action
using
gnome-keybing-properties
So something changed around 2.6.23 that for some reason this version
of the firmware is not passing the key scan code up the stack. Yet it
is still muting the voulme (which is very odd).
This is the latest firmware that Lenovo is offering (released 12/06/07).
Do you happen to know what would cause this? Very odd that the same
firmware can do something fine on one kernel and not work on others.
Thanks for the help and quick willingness to look into the problem.
On Jan 9, 2008 6:57 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008, Jerone Young wrote:
> > I've seen someone post this on the list and I recently did thorough testing.
> >
> > The issue is that the mute button cannot notify software (in my case
> > Gnome) that it has been pressed. But it still mutes the volume.
> >
> > This was blamed on Lenovo firmware but this is not the case. It is
> > thinkpad-acpi that appears to be at fault.
>
> That would be surprising... but let's narrow it down, if it is something in
> thinkpad-acpi, then I can fix it :-)
>
> If 2.6.22 does not have the problem, it is easy to test new thinkpad-acpi:
> just get thinkpad-acpi 0.19 from ibm-acpi.sf.net, and patch 2.6.22.15 with
> it.
>
> It is *also* possible that the bug in the firmware is indeed there, and
> later thinkpad-acpi causes gnome to notice it because HAL decides to trust
> the firmware and, eg., stops looking in the NVRAM for mute button presses.
> We will discover if that's the case easily enough as well.
>
> > I can do more testing later to see if v0.15 displays the issue, then
> > can narrow down what patch broke this.
>
> Please test 0.19 from ibm-acpi.sf.net. If it causes the issues, I will work
> with you to track down exactly where it breaks.
>
> --
> "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
> them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
> where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
> Henrique Holschuh
>
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