Le Thursday 02 March 2006 à 16:47:31, Kel Modderman a écrit:
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>
* Package name : acerhk
Version : 0.5.32
Upstream Author : Olaf Tauber <tauber@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
* URL : http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~tauber/acerhk/
* License : GPL
Description : Acer Hotkey driver for Linux
This driver will give access to the special keys on notebooks of the
Acer Travelmate series, which are not handled by the keyboard
driver. It also works on notebooks from other manufacturers (some
Medion,
Fujitsu-Siemens, ...).
I have an Acer TravelMate 430. I tried acerhk but do not use it anymore.
I can do what I want only using hotkeys (already in Debian) using the
attached configuration file.
I also have to tell the kernel that I have two special keys P1 and P2
that are not supported by default. I just do:
setkeycodes e073 148
setkeycodes e072 149
in an init script.
It is a real problem that the acerhk driver has to be in the kernel.
Every time you use a new kernel you have to reinstall the driver.
It also has some other related functionality (depending on the
model):
- controlling LEDs (Mail, Wireless)
The only thing I can't do (but acerhk can do) is control the mail LED.
Also note that the package is dead (or mostly) upstream. From
http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~tauber/acerhk/
"Unfortunately I have not the time anymore to actively support this
driver, I even don't own an Acer laptop anymore. If anyone is
interested to take over the job of maintaining this driver, please
contact me."
Do you consider also becoming the upstream maintainer?
Bye,