#10245 NORM 10.1.2: os301 - keyboard does not change screen brightness

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#10245: os301 - keyboard does not change screen brightness
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           Reporter:  mikus         |       Owner:  pgf                              
               Type:  defect        |      Status:  closed                           
           Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  10.1.2                           
          Component:  olpc-kbdshim  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:  wontfix       |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  diagnose      |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:                |   Blockedby:                                   
           Blocking:                |  
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Changes (by pgf):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 nicely diagnosed, quozl, thank you.

 indeed, olpc-kbdshim-13 moves the bindings for brightness and volume from
 F9-F12 to the evdev BRIGHTNESSDOWN/UP and VOLUMEDOWN/UP keys, to coincide
 with the new olpc-utils package which will be coming soon to a repository
 near you.  this change is a result of the outcome of #100213 -- if the Fn-
 Fkeys are to produce F9-F12 and kbdshim must let those through, then
 kbdshim must bind to something other than those values, breaking backward
 compatibility.

 the silver lining is that kbdshim now allows optionally binding to either
 F9-F12 or the evdev keys, or both, or neither.

   - echo F9 or f9 into /var/run/olpc-kbdshim_commands to enable or disable
 binding to F9-F12.
   - echo FBV or fbv into the same place to enable or disable bind to the
 evdev keys.

 so mikus can restore function to his keys with:
 {{{
 echo F9 > /var/run/olpc-kbdshim_commands
 }}}

 when the new olpc-utils is available, maybe i should do a new kbdshim that
 depends on it.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10245#comment:2>
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