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    Question Satellite L745-S4110 Brightness Keys not working

    My brightness keys don't work on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit, on my Toshiba Satellite L745-S4110. [FN+F6, FN+F7]
    I should mention it works to change brightness via Brightness and Lock. Just the FN hotkeys do not work most of the time [see below].
    Code:
    $ uname -a
    Linux toshi 3.5.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 13 17:48:01 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    Here is syslog after pressing my brightness keys repeatedly:

    Code:
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.417102] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.417106] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e06e <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.534161] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.534172] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e06e <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.602288] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.602298] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e06e <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.633982] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.633992] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e06e <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.692092] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x55 on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 15 19:29:24 toshi kernel: [  380.692102] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 55 <keycode>' to make it known.
    I asked over on askubuntu.com
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/22912...t282944_229128
    But the suggestions did not work, which is why I'm posting a thread here.

    So the strange thing is sometimes it works. out of a couple days, it has worked twice. Seems to possibly related to Suspend, it has only worked after resuming it seems.

    Well I hope someone here knows what's going on and how to fix it.

    Thanks!
    Last edited by mvmacd; December 16th, 2012 at 01:35 AM.

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    Re: Satellite L745-S4110 Brightness Keys not working

    Here is syslog after pressing my brightness keys repeatedly:
    Which message relates to the brightness up event and which message relates to the brightness down event?

    And what does the following return?
    Code:
    xmodmap -pke | grep -i brightness

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    Re: Satellite L745-S4110 Brightness Keys not working

    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    Which message relates to the brightness up event and which message relates to the brightness down event?

    And what does the following return?
    Code:
    xmodmap -pke | grep -i brightness
    While testing which one did what message, I discovered pressing "FN" generates 3 lines, by itself:
    Code:
    Dec 16 09:31:14 toshi kernel: [  202.129189] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x55 on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:31:14 toshi kernel: [  202.129199] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 55 <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 16 09:31:14 toshi kernel: [  202.208211] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x55 on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:31:14 toshi kernel: [  202.208221] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 55 <keycode>' to make it known.
    That is just pressing FN, and releasing.

    This is FN+F7 [Brightness up]
    Code:
    Dec 16 09:33:20 toshi kernel: [  328.280218] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x55 on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:33:20 toshi kernel: [  328.280223] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 55 <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 16 09:33:20 toshi kernel: [  328.335855] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:33:20 toshi kernel: [  328.335865] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e06e <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 16 09:33:20 toshi kernel: [  328.407851] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:33:20 toshi kernel: [  328.407861] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e06e <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 16 09:33:21 toshi kernel: [  328.452864] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x55 on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:33:21 toshi kernel: [  328.452874] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 55 <keycode>' to make it known.
    This is brightness down [FN+F6]
    Code:
    Dec 16 09:34:18 toshi kernel: [  385.839300] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x55 on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:34:18 toshi kernel: [  385.839310] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 55 <keycode>' to make it known.
    Dec 16 09:34:18 toshi kernel: [  386.193611] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x55 on isa0060/serio0).
    Dec 16 09:34:18 toshi kernel: [  386.193615] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 55 <keycode>' to make it known.
    I dunno why pressing brightness down is shorter..

    Here is the output of xmodmap
    Code:
    matt@toshi:~ $ xmodmap -pke | grep -i brightness
    keycode 232 = XF86MonBrightnessDown NoSymbol XF86MonBrightnessDown
    keycode 233 = XF86MonBrightnessUp NoSymbol XF86MonBrightnessUp
    keycode 237 = XF86KbdBrightnessDown NoSymbol XF86KbdBrightnessDown
    keycode 238 = XF86KbdBrightnessUp NoSymbol XF86KbdBrightnessUp

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    Re: Satellite L745-S4110 Brightness Keys not working

    I dunno why pressing brightness down is shorter..
    Its not recognizing the brightness down key. Do these responses change after a suspend/resume cycle?

    What kernel parameters are you currently using:
    Code:
    cat /proc/cmdline
    Open a terminal window, and run:
    Code:
    acpi_listen
    ...then press the brightness up and brightness down keys and post back what returns in the terminal window with each press.


    And finally, can you post back the results of:
    Code:
    for i in /sys/class/backlight/*; do echo $i; cat $i/brightness; cat $i/max_brightness; done
    ...lets see what backlight interfaces you have available.

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    Re: Satellite L745-S4110 Brightness Keys not working

    Quote Originally Posted by Toz View Post
    Its not recognizing the brightness down key. Do these responses change after a suspend/resume cycle?

    What kernel parameters are you currently using:
    Code:
    cat /proc/cmdline
    Open a terminal window, and run:
    Code:
    acpi_listen
    ...then press the brightness up and brightness down keys and post back what returns in the terminal window with each press.


    And finally, can you post back the results of:
    Code:
    for i in /sys/class/backlight/*; do echo $i; cat $i/brightness; cat $i/max_brightness; done
    ...lets see what backlight interfaces you have available.
    Yes, I just resumed from hibernation and my brightness keys work.

    So I will do everything while brightness keys work, then I will reboot and edit in the results.

    Code:
    matt@toshi:~ $ cat /proc/cmdline 
    BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-19-generic root=UUID=94c47be0-9b5a-431d-8bfc-dbe2f5068a15 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
    acpi_listen returns no result while changing brightness [blank output].

    Code:
    matt@toshi:~ $ for i in /sys/class/backlight/*; do echo $i; cat $i/brightness; cat $i/max_brightness; done
    /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
    7
    7
    /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight
    4648
    4648
    /sys/class/backlight/toshiba
    7
    7

    I will edit this in 10 minutes after I reboot and do it again.

    --

    I've rebooted, brightness keys don't work as ususal.. and everything else is the same. No acpi_listen output, [should have the same kernel parameters] and the same backlight devices.
    Last edited by mvmacd; December 17th, 2012 at 03:50 AM.

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    Re: Satellite L745-S4110 Brightness Keys not working

    Can you post back the contents of your pm-suspend.log, dmesg and syslog files after a suspend?

    Code:
    pastebinit /var/log/pm-suspend.log
    pastebinit /var/log/dmesg
    pastebinit /var/log/syslog
    ...and post back the links that are generated. I'd like to see if there is anything there.

    Also found these:
    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/925842
    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/934095

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    Re: Satellite L745-S4110 Brightness Keys not working

    Can you try the acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2012\" kernel parameter? The relevant line in /etc/default/grub should look like this:
    Code:
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2012\""
    Note the backslash escaping of the quotes.

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