On 01 Feb 15:44, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > On 2/1/24 15:09, Dennis Nezic wrote: > > On 31 Jan 18:36, Armin Wolf wrote: > >> Am 31.01.24 um 18:17 schrieb Dennis Nezic: > >> > >>> On 31 Jan 18:07, Armin Wolf wrote: > >>>> The issue is that you machine does not support runtime button events on the quickstart button, > >>>> only wake events. > >>>> > >>>> Can you check if you can now use the unresponsive button to wake the system? > >>> Nope, only the main power button can wake it from a sleep state, those > >>> quickstart buttons do nothing. > >> > >> Can you check if this is still the case when you configure the PNP0C32 ACPI device to be able > >> to generate wakeup events (from S5, S4 and S3)? > >> Maybe you should unload the quickstart driver for this test. > >> > >> If the button still does nothing, then it could be that the quickstart device is not handling > >> this button. Then we need some new ideas. > > > > Yea I don't think quickstart/hp-wmi is handling it. As I said, the > > behavior is exactly the same as if I didn't have it compiled at all. > > > > I enabled it via /proc/acpi/wakeup (it was disabled initially) (the > > S-state in that file only mentions S5, but I guess that should include > > all the less sleepy states too). No effect. I tried with and without the > > quickstart device. > > Perhaps this is simply a hw defect, have you seen the button > working under Windows? Maybe at some point some liquid > got inside the keyboard around that button? Unlikely. I have 2 of these laptops, same behavior. Never saw them with Windows. > The main keyboard buttons are typically membrane style buttons. > > But extra media keys might be more remote control style, where > there are not rubber domes beneath hard plastic keys, but the > keys themselves are rubber, with some carbon conductor on > the bottom and they directly connect 2 copper pads on the PCB. > > These remote style buttons are quite sensitive to dirt getting > underneath (just like the buttons in a typical TV remote). > > Assuming you can get things disassembled easily you may want > to try and clean things. These ones are more like a phone touchscreen ... it's just a long solid plastic sheet, no distinct edges (annoying), with leds underneath. All the led's get illuminated when touched, even this mysterious "info" key.
