Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small patch to fix included )

[Tim Gardner]

Islam Amer,

You could try a vanilla stable kernel from 
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32.15.5-lucid/ to see 
if we've borked the dell-wmi code.

rtg

On 06/11/2010 07:28 AM, Islam Amer wrote:
> Rezwanul,
>
> I've updated my bios to A11 and installed a new unmodified kernel. The
> issue still persists that the eject key produces "dell-wmi: Unknown
> key 0 pressed" in the dmesg output and it doesn't work.
>
> It is possible that Ubuntu is including patches to fix stuff. The
> latest patch for the Lucid kernel at
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux_2.6.32-22.36.diff.gz
> does include patches that touch wmi and dell-wmi code, but I can't
> find a specific change that would fix this issue.
>
> I might try to selectively apply patches from it and see if it gets fixed.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:15 AM,<Rezwanul_Kabir@xxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Islam Amer
> >
> >    Please try the new BIOS A11 and eliminate any potential BIOS issues. The BIOS team confirmed that
> >    they weren't able to reproduce the issue with Ubuntu 10.04 and A11.
> >
> > Thanks..
> >    --rez
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rezwanul Kabir
> > Dell Linux Development
> > 512-725-0766
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Islam Amer [mailto:pharon@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:52 PM
> > > To: Matthew Garrett
> > > Cc: Kabir, Rezwanul; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small
> > > patch to fix included )
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > My bios version is A08 , I see that A11 was recently released
> > > but the changelog doesn't say much.
> > >
> > > Which is better, upgrade and hope the problem goes away, or
> > > wait until we have a fix that is agreed upon ?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Matthew Garrett
> > > <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:56PM -0500,
> > > Rezwanul_Kabir@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > > Hi Islam Amer
> > > > >
> > > > >     I got report that "Ubuntu 10.04 + BIOS A11" was tested and the
> > > > > "Eject CD" key is working
> > > > >     as expected. Sorry, I couldn't find any Studio 1555 to
> > > test myself
> > > > > and cannot provide you
> > > > >     with more details.
> > > > >
> > > > >      Also, you may try acpi_osi="Windows 2009" kernel
> > > parameter and see if there is any difference.
> > > > That's the default on any kernel that has this support in dell-wmi.
> > > > Rez, could you let me know if the proposed patch breaks the spec in
> > > > ways that are likely to cause problems?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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