ACPI notes  2/1/08

Not all the hotkeys work especially the sound keys.  I'm not going to worry
about this since I can just use KMix for the sound.  And future releases of
MiniMe/PClinuxOS will include the ACPI fix for eee.  If you are interested
in hacking this problem, see discussions in

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=98728
http://www.mypclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=1511.0

If you are able to solve this ACPI problem, please edit the wiki accordingly
(and remove the link to this webpage).  Others will appreciate your works.

NOTE: While the RPMS were developed by the EeePCLinuxOS project, they are
NOT supporting the MiniMe install.  Don't expect anything from them except
the source for the ACPI rpm.

Below are my ACPI notes.

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I first tried adding the rpm.

[root@localhost mmdisk]# rpm -i -force eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586.rpm
-force: unknown option
[root@localhost mmdisk]# rpm -i --force eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libQtCore.so.4 is needed by eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586
        libQtGui.so.4 is needed by eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586

Then I tried removing the old acpi driver (as c-chan did) followed by
adding the revised acpi rpm.

[root@dragonsoft rscheng]# rm /lib/modules/2.6.22.15.tex2/kernel/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.ko.gz
rm: remove regular file `/lib/modules/2.6.22.15.tex2/kernel/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.ko.gz'? y
[root@dragonsoft mmdisk]# rpm -ivh --force eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libQtCore.so.4 is needed by eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586
        libQtGui.so.4 is needed by eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586

MiniMe 2008 uses libQt3 libraries.  I added libQt3support4 via synaptic.  Now the acpi rpm runs.

[root@dragonsoft mmdisk]# rpm -ivh --force eeepc-acpi-1-4.i586.rpm
Preparing...
(100%########################################### [100%]
   1:eeepc-acpi
(  1%########################################### [100%]

Then 3 more commands.

[root@dragonsoft mmdisk]# depmod -ae
[root@dragonsoft mmdisk]# modprobe asus_acpi
[root@dragonsoft mmdisk]# asusosd &
[1] 3871

Good news: The FnF# keys work.  But ...

Bad news.   n6ted s60e 6f the 2ey 5s n6t c6rrect.  .e, eye=b3an2, 6=6
(I noted some of the key is not correct.  I.e., I=blank, o=6).  I went
to the KDE control center, and reset to US keyboard, logout and logged
back in.  I did "asusosd &" as root again.  Now there are error
messages when hitting the FnF# keys.  I get

FnF1 - nothing happens
FnF2 - toggle WLAN w/ OSD (fine)
FnF3 - brightness down via OSD (fine)
FnF4 - brightness up via OSD (fine)
FnF5 - OSD says LCD only (correct?)
FnF6 - nothing happens

FnF7 - OSD for toggling volume shows up, but it doesn't work.
Console outputs:
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'LineOut',0
@@ pipe cmd fail
@@ audio mute 16
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'LineOut',0
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'iSpeaker',0

FnF8 - OSD for volume down shows up, but it doesn't work.  Console outputs:
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'LineOut',0

FnF9 - OSD for volume up shows up, but it doesn't work.  Console outputs:
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'LineOut',0

Unless a fix is quick and easy, I'm not going to worry about this since I
don't need to use the ACPI.  And eventually either EeePCLinuxOS will have
a normal install or MiniMe will have updated version with eee drivers
(even if it takes a few months, that's okay).

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Sheng-Chieh