From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Henrie Subject: Re: I'd like to donate an Asus Q500A laptop Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:04:46 -0600 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f48.google.com ([74.125.82.48]:38158 "EHLO mail-wm0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753643AbcDTFFH (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:05:07 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id u206so61343288wme.1 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:05:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Corentin Chary 2016-04-19 15:14 GMT-06:00 Alex Henrie : > Dear kernel developers, > > I have been trying to use Linux on an Asus Q500A laptop, but ran into > a couple of problems: > > 1. The Caps Lock and Num Lock LEDs do not turn on > 2. The volume control keys act like stuck letter keys (see > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2170285 for an example of > another Q500A owner complaining about this) > > I am quite certain that these are both kernel bugs. I contacted the > Asus platform driver maintainer, Corentin Chary, but he said that the > bugs are more likely problems in the input drivers. If you are a > kernel developer interested in looking into them, the Q500A is > currently going for about $200-300 on eBay, which is low enough that > it would not be a problem at all for me to just buy one and send it to > you as a donation. > > Let me know, and thank you for your work on Linux! Correction: The Caps Lock LED works, the Num Lock LED does not. There is no Scroll Lock LED. -Alex