Hi, On 2/1/24 15:58, Dennis Nezic wrote: > 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. Interesting. If the LED underneath lights up when touching then I agree that it is unlikely that this is a hw defect. Regards. Hans
