Bug 5975

Summary: No Function keys -- Toshiba Satellite M45-S359
Product: Drivers Reporter: Daniel Macedo (damacedo)
Component: PlatformAssignee: Zhang Rui (rui.zhang)
Status: REJECTED UNREPRODUCIBLE    
Severity: normal CC: acpi-bugzilla
Priority: P2    
Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.16-rc1 Subsystem:
Regression: --- Bisected commit-id:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 56331    
Attachments: output from the acpidump tool
Bios decode
dmesg
dmidecode output
/proc/interrupts
lspci -vv

Description Daniel Macedo 2006-01-29 08:52:56 UTC 
This model's function keys and other toshiba models (such as the m45-s331, see
page http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=223328) do not work.  

The LCD is shut down when the lid is closed, however the dimming using the
function keys does not work. Attempts to load the toshiba_acpi module also do
not work.

I'm running a vanilla 2.6.16-rc1 kernel on fedora core 4, with the following
kernel options:  acpi=on pci=routeirq
Comment 1 Daniel Macedo 2006-01-29 08:53:56 UTC 
Created attachment 7172 [details]
output from the acpidump tool
Comment 2 Daniel Macedo 2006-01-29 08:54:43 UTC 
Created attachment 7173 [details]
Bios decode
Comment 3 Daniel Macedo 2006-01-29 08:55:14 UTC 
Created attachment 7174 [details]
dmesg
Comment 4 Daniel Macedo 2006-01-29 08:56:12 UTC 
Created attachment 7175 [details]
dmidecode output
Comment 5 Daniel Macedo 2006-01-29 08:56:39 UTC 
Created attachment 7176 [details]
/proc/interrupts
Comment 6 Daniel Macedo 2006-01-29 08:57:16 UTC 
Created attachment 7177 [details]
lspci -vv
Comment 7 Jo 2006-04-15 15:34:17 UTC 
The problem is that we do not have support for Phoenix Bios.
The toshiba_acpi module is only for toshiba bios..
Comment 8 Zhang Rui 2007-09-19 23:08:21 UTC 
Hi, Daniel,

Does the problem still exist in the latest kernel with a newer bios?
can the toshiba_acpi driver be loaded?
can you change the brightness level by manually writing to /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness?
Comment 9 Daniel Macedo 2007-09-20 00:13:01 UTC 
Mr. Zhang,

Due to this problem and other little integration and compatibility
things that Linux could never address, I will be changing soon to a
Mac. I do not have Linux installed anymore on my PC, however the last
time I checked the problem was still there. I believe it had a kernel
version 2.6.20 or 2.6.21.

Thanks,

Daniel

On 9/20/07, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
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> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5975
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> ------- Comment #8 from rui.zhang@intel.com  2007-09-19 23:08 -------
> Hi, Daniel,
>
> Does the problem still exist in the latest kernel with a newer bios?
> can the toshiba_acpi driver be loaded?
> can you change the brightness level by manually writing to
> /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness?
>
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Comment 10 Zhang Rui 2007-09-20 00:20:24 UTC 
Oh, bad news :(
I'll reject this bug and mark it as unreproducible.
Please reopen it if you want to try Linux again. :)