Fn+F2 on Asus A8Js isn't working

Here is the patch to make it work.

Marking as confirmed based on patch being attached.

Hey,

How do I test that ? I mean, how can I use the asus-wireless patch ? I just have to create the .sh files that are in the .patch text file ? and then, I run the script ?

Toine

The patch includes both the asus-wireless-2 event file and the related script.
You have to put the sh file in /etc/acpi and the other in /etc/acpi/events.

the event file

Also Fn+F6 don't work.

The Fn+F5 work (low Brightness)
The Fn+F6 don't work (Increase Brightness)

I think this Is a critical bug, and very annoying..

This notebook have a broken DSDT table, as result Fn+F6 button does not work at all. There are two possible solution for a problem:

* ping ASUS for bugfix (i post a bug, but get "Linux is not supported")
* fix DSDT table manually according to this post, then patch your kernel to support DSDT loading from initramfs. Build and install modified kernel, then put modified DSDT to initramfs.

The fixed DSDT table can downloaded from ACPI site.

http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php?id=893

A hierarchical tree structure in OS-controlled memory that contains named objects. These objects may
be data objects, control method objects, bus/device package objects, and so on. The OS dynamically
changes the contents of the namespace at run-time by loading and/or unloading definition blocks from
the ACPI Tables that reside in the ACPI BIOS. All the information in the ACPI Namespace comes
from the Differentiated System Description Table (DSDT), which contains the Differentiated
Definition Block, and one or more other definition blocks.

About Fn-F6 I don't think it's a annoying bug.. with the latest asus-acpi the brightness applet work.
Well, I think that's too much work for a key.
It's possible to fix it by default?

This bug was fixed in the package acpi-support - 0.106

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acpi-support (0.106) hardy; urgency=low

  * Cherrypicked bugfix patches from Launchpad (LP: #193842)
  * lib/state-funcs: make wireless led work with asus-laptop (the new module);
    patch from Nicolò Chieffo (LP: #189889)
  * Add events/asus-video to support asus switch video hotkey; patch from
    Nicolò Chieffo (LP: #138228)
  * events/asus-wireless-2, asus-wireless-2.sh:
    Support Fn+F2 on Asus A8Js; patch from Matteo Collina (LP: #105929)
  * Fix the value range in sonybright.sh (0-7 instead of 1-8); patch from unggnu
    (LP: #136380)
  * "lib/FUJITSU SIEMENS.config":
    - Enable suspend for Fujitsu-Siemens C1110 (LP: #52970)
    - Enable STR for Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S7020, S7110
  * resume.d/50-time.sh, suspend.d/88-time.sh:
    Fix handling of hardware clock before/after suspend; patch from Rodrigo
    Novo (LP: #36815)
  * events/asus-*: Fix event key names for ASUS (HOTK); patch from
    Jeroen van der Vegt (LP: #25784)
  * Fix names in comments for events/panasonic-{mute,volume-down,volume-up}
  * debian/rules, README.toshiba: Drop toshiba_acpi.modprobe, which only
    contained an invalid/obsolete option "hotkeys_over_acpi" (LP: #180678)
  * debian/control: Standards-Version 3.7.3
  * Drop thinkpad_acpi.modprobe: the workarounds therein are not needed for
    thinkpad_acpi in Hardy anymore; investigations by Jerone Young (LP: #194679)
  * Add events/lenovo-eject to handle the Thinkpad eject button (Fn+F9); patch
    from Jerone Young (LP: #194609)

 -- Daniel Hahler <email address hidden> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:15:54 +0100