On 02/22/2018 05:21 AM, Marco Martin wrote:
> On giovedì 22 febbraio 2018 06:14:07 CET Jeremy Cline wrote:
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> Commit 30323fb6d552c41997baca5292bf7001366cab57 (Support tablet mode
>> switch) causes the keyboard on my XPS 13 to stop working. This
>> particular model has a touch screen (which I've disabled in the BIOS),
>> but isn't a 2-in-1 with a tablet mode. My guess is it's being put in
>> tablet mode and that's disabling the keyboard? In any case, I'm happy
>> to test fixes and provide any necessary information.
>
> 30323fb6d552c41997baca5292bf7001366cab57 initializes the switch to the correct
> state, in theory, it seems VGBS() is returning the wrong thing? could it
> report it has the switch and in a closed state even if it doesn't have it?
> also seems device specific, on my inspiron6352 if i go in teblet mode the
> keyboard keeps working until i fold it completely (which i don't know/don't
> think is something detectable at all from the software side)
>
> can you test with the command evtest (if an external keyboard works, or via
> ssh)?, then looking at the state of the intel virtual button driver it should
> show you the current state of the switch
>
Hi,
Here's the evtest output for the virtual button driver:
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x19 vendor 0x0 product 0x0 version 0x0
Input device name: "Intel Virtual Button driver"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 114 (KEY_VOLUMEDOWN)
Event code 115 (KEY_VOLUMEUP)
Event code 116 (KEY_POWER)
Event code 125 (KEY_LEFTMETA)
Event code 240 (KEY_UNKNOWN)
Event code 561 (?)
Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
Event type 5 (EV_SW)
Event code 1 (SW_TABLET_MODE) state 1
Properties:
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Regards,
Jeremy
