Fix touchpad toggle on HP laptops breaking the keyboard

Fix touchpad toggle on HP laptops breaking the keyboard

[Bastien Nocera]

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As seen in:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623239

Tested by mjg59

Note that a lot more work is needed to make this "sane". We have 3
different "function keys" being mapped to various touchpad toggle
buttons (F21, F22 and F23).

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From cb6f46d8b97e9c026cb244abc7a11a00e45ec368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:29:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] keymap: Add force release for HP touchpad off

Force the touchpad off/on keys getting released, as they usually
only send a "repeat".

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623239
---
 extras/keymap/95-keyboard-force-release.rules |    5 +++++
 extras/keymap/force-release-maps/hp-other     |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 extras/keymap/force-release-maps/hp-other

diff --git a/extras/keymap/95-keyboard-force-release.rules b/extras/keymap/95-keyboard-force-release.rules
index 562dc8d..6f7c0fd 100644
--- a/extras/keymap/95-keyboard-force-release.rules
+++ b/extras/keymap/95-keyboard-force-release.rules
@@ -35,4 +35,9 @@ ENV{DMI_VENDOR}=="TOSHIBA", ATTR{[dmi/id]product_name}=="Satellite U300|Satellit
 
 ENV{DMI_VENDOR}=="Viooo Corporation", ATTR{[dmi/id]product_name}=="PT17", RUN+="keyboard-force-release.sh $devpath common-volume-keys"
 
+# These are all the HP laptops that setup a touchpad toggle key
+ENV{DMI_VENDOR}=="Hewlett-Packard*", ATTR{[dmi/id]product_name}=="*[pP][aA][vV][iI][lL][iI][oO][nN]*", RUN+="keyboard-force-release.sh $devpath hp-other"
+ENV{DMI_VENDOR}=="Hewlett-Packard*", ATTR{[dmi/id]product_name}=="*[tT][xX]2*", RUN+="keyboard-force-release.sh $devpath hp-other"
+ENV{DMI_VENDOR}=="Hewlett-Packard*", ATTR{[dmi/id]product_name}=="*2510p*|*2530p*|HP G60 Notebook PC", RUN+="keyboard-force-release.sh $devpath hp-other"
+
 LABEL="force_release_end"
diff --git a/extras/keymap/force-release-maps/hp-other b/extras/keymap/force-release-maps/hp-other
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6621370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/keymap/force-release-maps/hp-other
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# list of scancodes (hex or decimal), optional comment
+0xd8 # Touchpad off
+0xd9 # Touchpad on
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1.7.3.1

Re: Fix touchpad toggle on HP laptops breaking the keyboard

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Bastien,

Bastien Nocera [2010-11-01 17:44 +0000]:
> Subject: [PATCH] keymap: Add force release for HP touchpad off

Thanks! Committed with adding the new file to Makefile.am.

Martin
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Re: Fix touchpad toggle on HP laptops breaking the keyboard

[Bastien Nocera]

On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 09:17 -0400, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hello Bastien,
> 
> Bastien Nocera [2010-11-01 17:44 +0000]:
> > Subject: [PATCH] keymap: Add force release for HP touchpad off
> 
> Thanks! Committed with adding the new file to Makefile.am.

Oops, missed that. Thanks!