To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From: Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@hotpop.com>
Subject: Re: multimedia keys on dell inspiron 8200s.
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:03:02 +0100
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:27:29 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:57:53PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>  > On Thursday 23 February 2006 20:49, Dave Jones wrote:
>  > > We've been carrying this patch in Fedora for way too long.
>  > > So long, I've forgotten a lot of the history.
>  > > 
>  > > Aparently, it makes multimedia buttons on Dell Inspiron 8200's
>  > > produce keycodes.  The only reference to this I found was
>  > > at http://linux.siprell.com/, but I don't know if that's its origin.
>  > > 
>  > 
>  > Dave,
>  > 
>  > This patch was refused before. Any additional/non-standard mapping is
>  > to be done in userspace (you need to properly adjust xorg.conf anyway):
>  > 
>  > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2817#c4
> 
> Ok, thanks, I'll make sure it gets dropped from the Fedora tree.

The patch looks remarkably like the one I originally submitted for
comments.

I'm still running Linux on my Dell Inspiron 8200 and I'm not using
that patch anymore. Rather, I found a package that recently made it to
the Debian unstable repository, hotkey-setup

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/hotkey-setup

which you may want to consider for inclusion on Fedora too. On the
Debian BTS you will also see a Bug/Wish from me

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=355223

with additional definitions for the multimedia keys on my Dell and
some comments.

(Sorry for the delay in my reply)


-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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