[SOLVED] fn-Keys (fn-F10 thru fn-F12) on notebook stop working after kernel upgrade
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Indymaynard, just a thought though, if you can see the device, does it show up using lspci or lsusb? If so then the problem is different to what we are experiencing on this thread.
Interesting. 2.6.32-22 worked for me. It allows me to use all of the fn+ buttons on the keyboard. MY BLUETOOTH EVEN WORKS!! It's really cool to be able to control the computer locking and unlocking with your phone. Did 32-22 fix you guys? The only major thing left on my machine is the fingerprint strip, but I bet it's already been solved. I'll search for that in the future.
Last edited by Indymaynard; 05-13-2010 at 11:00 PM.
would it be possible for you to attach or paste a file in your /boot folder to this thread?
the file is probably called /boot/config-2.6.32-22
or something like that.
Alternatively, there might be a file called /proc/.config.gz or /proc/config.gz that would do as well..
I'm basically looking for the specific kernel options used to build the kernel you're running. This file contains those options, so it would be supremely helpful.
As of 2010/05/19, Fedora 12 does not have a 2.6.34 kernel available from the various update repositories, so I have compiled one from source tarball available at kernel.org.
IT WORKS!!!! All the fn-keys work as required 8-)
So it looks like what ever regression existed in the previous kernels have been fixed.
Here it is, but I did not make any major changes to it except for compiling in a few of the newer options as modules that don't exist under the older kernel.
If you are trying to narrow down the option that fixes the fn-key problem, I'd be interested in knowing what it is.
Interesting. 2.6.32-22 worked for me. It allows me to use all of the fn+ buttons on the keyboard. MY BLUETOOTH EVEN WORKS!! It's really cool to be able to control the computer locking and unlocking with your phone. Did 32-22 fix you guys? The only major thing left on my machine is the fingerprint strip, but I bet it's already been solved. I'll search for that in the future.
Hi Indymaynard, did you manage to resolve your fingerprint strip issue?
I tried the fingerprint-gui stuff and that works, so it looks like the hardware is working, but the stuff that is released as standard with Fedora 12 is not working with the UPEK fingerprint reader. I think I might just open a new thread for that if I don't find one that is already open. (I'd like to use the gdm integrated software instead of hacking PAM and all the other changes that need to be made.)
I haven't even messed with it. I've been a little busy, but I had seen that drivers for the UPEK strip were available right from the UPEK website. http://www.upek.com/ Maybe the software doesn't recognize this driver? Maybe no one has really worked on this one? I don't know. All I know for sure is that I can happily report not booting into Windows for more than a week. I'm considering seeing if WINE can run Fallout 3 and then never having to run Windows again. It would be convenient.
I haven't even messed with it. I've been a little busy, but I had seen that drivers for the UPEK strip were available right from the UPEK website. http://www.upek.com/ Maybe the software doesn't recognize this driver? Maybe no one has really worked on this one? I don't know. All I know for sure is that I can happily report not booting into Windows for more than a week. I'm considering seeing if WINE can run Fallout 3 and then never having to run Windows again. It would be convenient.
I found the UPEK drivers are installed and working, but gdm, su, sudo etc. don't seem to recognise it once a finger print has been recorded against the user account. Perhaps the problem is not with those apps, but with PAM?
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