dmesg: toshiba_acpi: Unknown parameter `hotkeys_over_acpi'

Comment #5 From Len Brown 2008-01-06 19:58:14
"The upstream kernel.org toshiba_acpi driver
does not contain a symbol "hotkeys_over_acpi"
So this looks like an Ubuntu distro-specific issue.
go ahead and file a bug with them."

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9700#c5

Hi Cristian,

Can you try running the most recent kernel (2.6.24-4.6) and verify if this issue still exists? Thanks.

I can confirm the bug on Lenovo T61 7664 16U on 2.6.24-3-generic kernel. I'm running Hardy Heron. When will the newest kernel version appear in the repositories?

Hello Leann Ogasawara!

In kernel Ubuntu 2.6.24-4.7-generic message: "toshiba_acpi: Unknown parameter `hotkeys_over_acpi'"

So this symbol no longer exists in the toshiba_acpi driver in the kernel. However, toshiba_acpi.modprobe still seems to use this parameter.

ogasawara@emiko:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/toshiba_acpi.modprobe
options toshiba_acpi hotkeys_over_acpi=1

I'm reassigning to the acpi-support package. Thanks.

Does everything work for you, if you move the file /etc/modprobe.d/toshiba_acpi.modprobe away?

I'm inclined to just drop this modprobe config file from acpi-support.

For reference:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/toshiba_acpi.modprobe
options toshiba_acpi hotkeys_over_acpi=1

I've moved /etc/modprobe.d/toshiba_acpi.modprobe to other location and everything seems to work as before. Hibernate works, sleep crashes ;)

Thank you for reporting back.
The fix for this is waiting in the patch at bug 193842.

Please note that the file won't get removed on upgrade - it only gets marked as obsolete (in the dpkg database).

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

---------------
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

Removing the file was wrong, it looks like some Ubuntu specific kernel patch had been forgotten and now we've broken all hotkeys for Toshiba laptops.

This bug was invalid for acpi-support, but support was missing in the kernel.
Fixing the regression will be handled in bug 199888.