Tim I am running debian, I think it's the other way round, the mainline kernel is borked ( regarding dell-wmi and eject key ) while the lucid patched kernel works ( as reported by dell team ). I guess I could download a Lucid livecd and see if the eject key works there ( event only as it won't eject the lived while it is running :) ) On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Islam Amer, > > You could try a vanilla stable kernel from > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32.15.5-lucid/ to see if > we've borked the dell-wmi code. > > rtg > > On 06/11/2010 07:28 AM, Islam Amer wrote: >> >> Rezwanul, >> >> I've updated my bios to A11 and installed a new unmodified kernel. The >> issue still persists that the eject key produces "dell-wmi: Unknown >> key 0 pressed" in the dmesg output and it doesn't work. >> >> It is possible that Ubuntu is including patches to fix stuff. The >> latest patch for the Lucid kernel at >> >> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux_2.6.32-22.36.diff.gz >> does include patches that touch wmi and dell-wmi code, but I can't >> find a specific change that would fix this issue. >> >> I might try to selectively apply patches from it and see if it gets fixed. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:15 AM,<Rezwanul_Kabir@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Islam Amer >>> >>> Please try the new BIOS A11 and eliminate any potential BIOS issues. >>> The BIOS team confirmed that >>> they weren't able to reproduce the issue with Ubuntu 10.04 and A11. >>> >>> Thanks.. >>> --rez >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Rezwanul Kabir >>> Dell Linux Development >>> 512-725-0766 >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Islam Amer [mailto:pharon@xxxxxxxxx] >>>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:52 PM >>>> To: Matthew Garrett >>>> Cc: Kabir, Rezwanul; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; >>>> platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small >>>> patch to fix included ) >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> My bios version is A08 , I see that A11 was recently released >>>> but the changelog doesn't say much. >>>> >>>> Which is better, upgrade and hope the problem goes away, or >>>> wait until we have a fix that is agreed upon ? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Matthew Garrett >>>> <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:56PM -0500, >>>> >>>> Rezwanul_Kabir@xxxxxxxx wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Islam Amer >>>>>> >>>>>> I got report that "Ubuntu 10.04 + BIOS A11" was tested and the >>>>>> "Eject CD" key is working >>>>>> as expected. Sorry, I couldn't find any Studio 1555 to >>>> >>>> test myself >>>>>> >>>>>> and cannot provide you >>>>>> with more details. >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, you may try acpi_osi="Windows 2009" kernel >>>> >>>> parameter and see if there is any difference. >>>>> >>>>> That's the default on any kernel that has this support in dell-wmi. >>>>> Rez, could you let me know if the proposed patch breaks the spec in >>>>> ways that are likely to cause problems? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> >>>> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > -- > Tim Gardner tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
