[Debian-eeepc-devel] Future of eeepc-acpi-scripts (Re: Bug#760876: eeepc-acpi-scripts: some Fn keys do not work correctly)

[Ben Armstrong]

Hans,

I don't know if you noticed eeepc-acpi-scripts removal from testing.
Interested in taking it on (or anyone else here)? Without someone to at
least fix the simple problems in the init script header and upload,
jessie won't be releasing with this package, so your recently filed bug
(below) will very soon no longer be relevant if the package is removed
from the archive entirely ...

As I indicated a long time ago, I've given up this project, so this
package, which technically belongs to "the Debian EeePC development
team" is effectively orphaned.

Ben

On 09/08/2014 03:50 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> Package: eeepc-acpi-scripts
> Version: 1.1.12
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainers,
> 
> I believe, there is a problem with eeepc-acpi-scripts. 
> 
> As some Fn-keys are working well (.e. Fn1, Fn2, Fn5, Fn6, Fn10, Fn11, Fn12), other keys do not work.
> Especially F7, which should shut off the backlight, does not work any more. 
> I read in the documentation, that the kernel module "pciehp" is to be loaded, when needed in newer kernels ( I am running debian/testing with kernel 3.14-2-686-pae) , but lsmod did not show me the module. I found out, the module is built in, in the kernel (if I am not wrong), but pciehp is not mentioned in /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/modules.builtin.
> 
> All Fn-keys (including Fn-Space, which is also not working), worked in earlier times with a modern kernel (3.2.0 and higher).
> 
> I am using the acpi-osi=Linux command in grub, so that the kernel module eeepc_laptop is loaded, which is the correct one for my hardware.
> 
> It is not excluded, that I made a mistake, as the documentation was not quite clear for me. So allow me to ask in this bugreport:
> 
> Must I edit the entry in /etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts from 
> 
> FnF_BACKLIGHTOFF='handle_blank_screen' to
> Fn7_BACKLIGHTOFF='handle_blank_screen' or similar?
> 
> In the past, I never edited this file, and it worked, too.
> 
> Additionally, doing an /etc/init.d/eeepc-acpi-scripts restart, did not show me a process named eeepc or similar. I am not good in reading scripts, but as far as I understood this script loads some kernel modules, especially pciehp. But as I already mentioned: It is never loaded.
> 
> It would be nice, if you could take a look at this bug, or give me some clue, what I can check.
> 
> Thank you very much for your help!
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages eeepc-acpi-scripts depends on:
> ii  acpi-support       0.142-3
> ii  acpi-support-base  0.142-3
> ii  acpid              1:2.0.23-1
> ii  initscripts        2.88dsf-53.4
> ii  pm-utils           1.4.1-15
> ii  rfkill             0.5-1
> 
> eeepc-acpi-scripts recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages eeepc-acpi-scripts suggests:
> ii  alsa-utils     1.0.28-1
> ii  libnotify-bin  0.7.6-2
> 
> -- Configuration Files:
> /etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts changed:
> ENABLE_OSD='yes'
> OSD_FONT='DejaVuSans 36'
> ENABLE_OSD_BRIGHTNESS='yes'
> SOUND_LABEL=
> SOUND_SWITCH=
> SOUND_SWITCH_EXCLUSIVE=
> SOUND_PREFER_MASTER=yes
> SOUND_VOLUME_STEP=
> DETAILED_SOUND_INFO=no
> VGA_ON='--auto'
> LVDS_OFF='--off'
> BLUETOOTH_FALLBACK_TO_HCITOOL='yes'
> SOFTBTN1_ACTION='handle_blank_screen'
> SOFTBTN2_ACTION='NONE'
> SOFTBTN3_ACTION='handle_camera_toggle'
> SOFTBTN4_ACTION='handle_bluetooth_toggle'
> SOFTBTNSHE_ACTION='handle_shengine'
> FnF_WIRELESS='NONE'
> FnF_TOUCHPAD='handle_touchpad_toggle'
> FnF_RESCHANGE='NONE'
> FnF_BACKLIGHTOFF='handle_blank_screen'
> FnF_VGATOGGLE='handle_vga_toggle'
> FnF_TASKMGR='NONE'
> FnF_MUTE='NONE'
> FnF_VOLUMEDOWN='NONE'
> FnF_VOLUMEUP='NONE'
> PWR_CLOCK_AC=
> PWR_CLOCK_BATTERY=
> 
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
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