Dell Inspiron 6000: Suspend with Fn + F1 keys using acpid

Dell Inspiron 6000: Suspend with Fn + F1 keys using acpid

[Sebastian Röder]

Hello,

I hope the list can help me to solve this problem:

I have the F1 key of my laptop labeled "Ruhezustand" (hibernate in english) - 
on Windows I can use Fn + F1 zu suspend (RAM or Disk as I like it). On linux 
this doens't work cause the Dell BIOS doesn't describe the Fn + F1 as a ACPI 
hotkey and doens't create an ACPI event.

My question is how can I "workaround" this problem, e.g. create a ACPI event 
for this buttons (kernel patch?) or make acpid work with a normal keycode 
rather than an ACPI event? I can not work on the kernel code myself cause I 
am not skilled in C language :-(

A solution would make quite some Dell Inspiron 6000 happy - I am in the 
proccess of writing a HowTo for this laptop but this problem is still not 
sorted out. 

Thanks in advance!
Sebastian

dmesg |grep -i acpi

 tbxface-0109 [02] load_tables           : ACPI Tables successfully acquired
ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root b042fc70
evxfevnt-0091 [03] enable                : Transition to ACPI mode successful
ACPI: bus type pci registered
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20060127
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] bus is 0
PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 7) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs *9 10 11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 *7 9 10 11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, 
disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, 
disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, 
disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIE._PRT]
pnp: PnP ACPI init
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
acpi_bus-0201 [01] bus_set_power         : Device is not power manageable
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:01.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PBTN]
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SBTN]
ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
ACPI: Video Device [VID2] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3] C4[C3])
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
acpi_processor-0495 [14] processor_get_info    : Error getting cpuindex for 
acpiid 0x1
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM] (32 C)
acpi_bus-0201 [09] bus_set_power         : Device is not power manageable
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1f.2 disabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
acpi_bus-0201 [09] bus_set_power         : Device is not power manageable
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.3[D] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ACPI wakeup devices:
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
acpi_bus-0201 [09] bus_set_power         : Device is not power manageable
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1e.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
acpi_bus-0201 [09] bus_set_power         : Device is not power manageable
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18

dmesg output when Fn + F1 pressed:

atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8a on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00a <keycode>' to make it known.

Re: Dell Inspiron 6000: Suspend with Fn + F1 keys using acpid

[Matthew Garrett]

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 12:19:46PM +0200, Sebastian Röder wrote:

> My question is how can I "workaround" this problem, e.g. create a ACPI event 
> for this buttons (kernel patch?) or make acpid work with a normal keycode 
> rather than an ACPI event? I can not work on the kernel code myself cause I 
> am not skilled in C language :-(

You can't - at least, not in any trivial manner. If you're using recent 
versions of hal, you'll get a dbus signal when the hibernate key is 
pressed (assuming your keymap is set up correctly), and then you can use 
something like gnome-power-manager or kpowersave to receive that and 
trigger the response you want.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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