Bug#354934: ITP: acerhk -- Acer Hotkey driver for Linux

[Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>]

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,

-- 
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau                        Ludovic.Rousseau@free.fr
 -- Normaliser Unix c'est comme pasteuriser le camembert, L.R. --

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<definition>

  <config model="Acer TravelMate 430">

    <Play         keycode="162"/>
    <!-- <Eject        keycode="177"/> -->
    <NextTrack    keycode="153"/>
    <PrevTrack    keycode="144"/>
    <Stop         keycode="164"/>

    <VolUp        keycode="176" adj="2"/>
    <VolDown      keycode="174" adj="2"/>

    <WebBrowser   keycode="178"/>
    <Email        keycode="236"/>
    <Prog1        keycode="159"/>
    <Prog2        keycode="151"/>

  <!--
    <userdef keycode="175" command="xterm -rv">Xterm</userdef>
    <userdef keycode="150" command="balsa">Balsa Email client</userdef>
  -->

  </config>

  <contributor>
    <name>Ludovic Rousseau</name>
    <email>ludovic.rousseau@free.fr</email>
  </contributor>

</definition>