pbbuttons-users

Problems to recover from blankscreen

[<alb...@gm...>]

Hi list

I've the owner of an iBook G4. I've been using debian with pbbuttons
for a year and everything works perfectly except two things:

1. When pbbutons puts in blankscreen, then, when i want to recover the
screen i've to push up or down brigthness key. Before, whith kernel
2.6.9, i just did move the mouse. How can i return to this mode?

2. I works with gnome. It use in ts apps F1, F2, .. keys to launch
apps like help. When i push, for example, fn+F2, pbbunttons increases
the brigthness but gnome launches the help too. How can i do to only
increase brigthness?

I'm usnig now 0.7.1 with kernel 2.6.12, but i had the same problem with 0.6=
.6

Greetings

Albert

Re: Problems to recover from blankscreen

[Matthias G. <mat...@us...>]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:41:54 +0200
Albert Farr=E9s <alb...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi list
>=20
> I've the owner of an iBook G4. I've been using debian with pbbuttons
> for a year and everything works perfectly except two things:
>=20
> 1. When pbbutons puts in blankscreen, then, when i want to recover the
> screen i've to push up or down brigthness key. Before, whith kernel
> 2.6.9, i just did move the mouse. How can i return to this mode?

That are problems with the framebuffer device. Set the option
UseFBBlank =3D no. This should help.

> 2. I works with gnome. It use in ts apps F1, F2, .. keys to launch
> apps like help. When i push, for example, fn+F2, pbbunttons increases
> the brigthness but gnome launches the help too. How can i do to only
> increase brigthness?

Please check the keycodes you set in pbbuttonsd.conf. The values for
LCD_IllumUpKey and LCD_IllumDownKey should be set as follows:
   LCD_IllumUpKey =3D 225
   LCD_IllumDownKey =3D 224

If you have something else (for example 59 and 60) please change them to
the above values and your problem should be solved.

  Best Regards
     Matthias

=20

Re: Problems to recover from blankscreen

[<alb...@gm...>]

2005/8/17, Matthias Grimm <mat...@us...>:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:41:54 +0200
> Albert Farr=E9s <alb...@gm...> wrote:
>=20
> > Hi list
> >
> > I've the owner of an iBook G4. I've been using debian with pbbuttons
> > for a year and everything works perfectly except two things:
> >
> > 1. When pbbutons puts in blankscreen, then, when i want to recover the
> > screen i've to push up or down brigthness key. Before, whith kernel
> > 2.6.9, i just did move the mouse. How can i return to this mode?
>=20
> That are problems with the framebuffer device. Set the option
> UseFBBlank =3D no. This should help.
>=20
Ok, that's the solution!

> > 2. I works with gnome. It use in ts apps F1, F2, .. keys to launch
> > apps like help. When i push, for example, fn+F2, pbbunttons increases
> > the brigthness but gnome launches the help too. How can i do to only
> > increase brigthness?
>=20
> Please check the keycodes you set in pbbuttonsd.conf. The values for
> LCD_IllumUpKey and LCD_IllumDownKey should be set as follows:
>    LCD_IllumUpKey =3D 225
>    LCD_IllumDownKey =3D 224
>=20
My values are correct. What I would want to say was that if there is
some way to prevent gnome launches its apps.

> If you have something else (for example 59 and 60) please change them to
> the above values and your problem should be solved.
>=20
>   Best Regards
>      Matthias
>=20
Thanks a lot

Albert
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>=20
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Re: Problems to recover from blankscreen

[Kristian B. <kb...@op...>]

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 21:19 +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:41:54 +0200
> Albert Farr=E9s <alb...@gm...> wrote:
>=20
> > Hi list
> >=20
> > I've the owner of an iBook G4. I've been using debian with pbbuttons
> > for a year and everything works perfectly except two things:
> >=20
> > 1. When pbbutons puts in blankscreen, then, when i want to recover th=
e
> > screen i've to push up or down brigthness key. Before, whith kernel
> > 2.6.9, i just did move the mouse. How can i return to this mode?
>=20
> That are problems with the framebuffer device. Set the option
> UseFBBlank =3D no. This should help.
>=20
> > 2. I works with gnome. It use in ts apps F1, F2, .. keys to launch
> > apps like help. When i push, for example, fn+F2, pbbunttons increases
> > the brigthness but gnome launches the help too. How can i do to only
> > increase brigthness?
>=20
> Please check the keycodes you set in pbbuttonsd.conf. The values for
> LCD_IllumUpKey and LCD_IllumDownKey should be set as follows:
>    LCD_IllumUpKey =3D 225
>    LCD_IllumDownKey =3D 224

I have the same problem, but my pbbuttonsd.conf contain:
LCD_IllumUpKey        =3D 60 + ctrl
LCD_IllumDownKey      =3D 59 + ctrl
I tried your settings, but it does not work at all. I think I could
manage to fix it by modifying the xkb mapping so that it does not report
a F1 on pressing Fn-F1. I'll see wat I can do when I'll get the time.

> If you have something else (for example 59 and 60) please change them t=
o
> the above values and your problem should be solved.

Kristian

Re: Problems to recover from blankscreen

[Kristian B. <kb...@op...>]

On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 03:13 -0400, Kristian Benoit wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 21:19 +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:41:54 +0200
> > Albert Farr=E9s <alb...@gm...> wrote:
> >=20
> > > Hi list
> > >=20
> > > I've the owner of an iBook G4. I've been using debian with pbbutton=
s
> > > for a year and everything works perfectly except two things:
> > >=20
> > > 1. When pbbutons puts in blankscreen, then, when i want to recover =
the
> > > screen i've to push up or down brigthness key. Before, whith kernel
> > > 2.6.9, i just did move the mouse. How can i return to this mode?
> >=20
> > That are problems with the framebuffer device. Set the option
> > UseFBBlank =3D no. This should help.
> >=20
> > > 2. I works with gnome. It use in ts apps F1, F2, .. keys to launch
> > > apps like help. When i push, for example, fn+F2, pbbunttons increas=
es
> > > the brigthness but gnome launches the help too. How can i do to onl=
y
> > > increase brigthness?
> >=20
> > Please check the keycodes you set in pbbuttonsd.conf. The values for
> > LCD_IllumUpKey and LCD_IllumDownKey should be set as follows:
> >    LCD_IllumUpKey =3D 225
> >    LCD_IllumDownKey =3D 224
>=20
> I have the same problem, but my pbbuttonsd.conf contain:
> LCD_IllumUpKey        =3D 60 + ctrl
> LCD_IllumDownKey      =3D 59 + ctrl
> I tried your settings, but it does not work at all. I think I could
> manage to fix it by modifying the xkb mapping so that it does not repor=
t
> a F1 on pressing Fn-F1. I'll see wat I can do when I'll get the time.

Ok it bugged me enough to have a look here's how it was defined:=20

    key <FK01> {
        type=3D "FUNCTION_FN",
        symbols[Group1]=3D [              F1, XF86_Switch_VT_1,        No=
Symbol ]
    };

And here is how it's now defined and no more problemo !!!

    key <FK01> {
        type=3D "FUNCTION_FN",
        symbols[Group1]=3D [              F1, XF86_Switch_VT_1,        No=
Symbol ],=20
        symbols[Group3]=3D []
    };

I got a weird keyboard mapping so you probably dont want it.

> > If you have something else (for example 59 and 60) please change them=
 to
> > the above values and your problem should be solved.
>=20
> Kristian

Kristian