Re: Commit 9b57896e removed my Vaio S1 S2 keys for brightness +/-.

[Robin Holt]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:26:05PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 05:22:36PM -0500, Robin Holt wrote:
> > Matthew,
> > 
> > I am not sure whether this is a bug or just something not configured
> > correctly.  I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and finally decided to find out why
> > the S1 and S2 buttons no longer brighten or dim the display.  Prior to
> > commit 9b57896e, they behaved equivalent to the Fn-F5 and Fn-F6 keys
> > for brightness up/down.
> 
> I suspect that they're now working correctly, whereas previously they 
> weren't. Do they generate input events when you press them? You can 
> probably map them back to KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP and KEY_BRIGHTNESSODNW.

You are correct.  They now seem to generate XF86Launch1 and XF86Launch2.

Thanks,
Robin
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