Arch Linux

Please read this before reporting a bug:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bug_reporting_guidelines

Do NOT report bugs when a package is just outdated, or it is in the AUR. Use the 'flag out of date' link on the package page, or the Mailing List.

REPEAT: Do NOT report bugs for outdated packages!
Tasklist

FS#8495 - keyboard leds don't work

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Xavier (shining) - Saturday, 03 November 2007, 13:19 GMT
Last edited by Alexander Baldeck (kth5) - Saturday, 22 December 2007, 16:26 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Alexander Baldeck (kth5)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Keyboard leds don't work properly in xorg 7.3 (currently in testing)

See the upstream bug report here :
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12434

In comment #17 , a patch is proposed :
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12434#c17

And according to comment #18 :
"It's a perfectly fine patch to put in
distributions for the time being though, so, thanks."

However, I couldn't test this problem and the fix myself, I do have a desktop pc with external keyboard,
but I'm not using testing there.
This issue was reported to me by a friend, but there are maybe other arch users which can confirm the issue, and confirm the above patch fix it.

Note that this led issue was also reported in  bug 8210 , but in my opinion, the primary bug reported there is a different one.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Alexander Baldeck (kth5)
Saturday, 22 December 2007, 16:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Saturday, 03 November 2007, 16:30 GMT
i have this issue
Comment by Xavier (shining) - Sunday, 04 November 2007, 10:51 GMT
I finally switched to testing, and I can reproduce the issue, and confirm the patch above works fine. I'm attaching it here.
   xorg-server-1.4-kbd-leds-fix.... (0.6 KiB)
Comment by sinister99 (sinister99) - Thursday, 08 November 2007, 14:38 GMT
The patch works for me, though the lights are sometimes a couple seconds late, and scroll lock light doesn't work for me (don't use it anyways).
Comment by Paul Bredbury (brebs) - Monday, 17 December 2007, 11:40 GMT
Try xorg-server-1.4.0.90, as mentioned in  FS#8758  (Scroll Lock remains unlit though).
Comment by Xavier (shining) - Monday, 17 December 2007, 16:22 GMT
The patch I attached above was applied in arch package a while ago, so this bug was fixed.
Now, it has just been bumped to 1.4.0.90, and if I understand correctly, this patch isn't needed anymore.
berbs, you confirm this, right?
Currently the patch is still applied, and well, it doesn't seem to harm anything, but it it isn't needed, it should probably be removed.
Comment by Xavier (shining) - Monday, 17 December 2007, 20:41 GMT
I confirm keyboard leds still work in 1.4.0.90, even without applying the patch.

Loading...