#9886 NORM 1.5-sof: brightness and volume keys do not count as activity for idle suspend

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#9886: brightness and volume keys do not count as activity for idle suspend
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           Reporter:  Quozl         |       Owner:  pgf                              
               Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                              
           Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  1.5-software-later               
          Component:  olpc-kbdshim  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:                |    Keywords:  os60 os108                       
        Next_action:  diagnose      |    Verified:  0                                
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Comment(by pgf):

 this could be fixed by having kbdshim inject a benign keystroke (e.g.,
 right-ctrl, which doesn't exist on the XO keyboard) when it's intercepting
 one of the "special" keys.  that would keep the kernel and X activity
 counters happy.  kbdshim should only do this if powerd's powerevents fifo,
 to which it would normally right activity indications, isn't present.

 (alternatively, we could switch from ohm to powerd.  this would require
 different work -- adapting sugar and/or activities for configuration and
 control of a non-ohm power manager.)

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9886#comment:3>
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