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Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:01:11 -0600
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: show WMI magic Signals and activate hardware RF-kill button
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feldmaus wrote:
> Larry Finger schrieb:
>>
>> There is a protocol named WMI for Windows Management Interface. I
>> assume that it was invented by the folks in Redmond. In any case, it
>> is designed to handle events that have buttons that do not generate a
>> keycode. The module named hp-wmi is supposed to take care of the
>> things under Linux for HP and Compaq computers.
>>
>> Did you generate this module? Is it loaded?
> By now, yes.
> hp_wmi                  4632  0
> rfkill                  9648  4 rfkill_input,hp_wmi,b43legacy
> wmi                     6568  1 hp_wmi
> 
> But i still do not get any keycode with <showkey>.
> Is there an other program than <showkey> ?
> 
> Where i can solve this problem with the wmi code ?

It will never generate a keycode. It uses some other means, which is
why I called it magic.

The module author is Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>, whom I
have cc'd.

Larry