[Bug 1072371] Re: Add special keys for Samsung Series 9 laptops

[l0b0]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1012365 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012365

This is not a duplicate of bug #1012365, since the solution is different
(and the other bug is about how the original solution doesn't work for
900X3C).

Also, it doesn't seem to work in Ubuntu 13.04. I tried modifying
/lib/udev/keymaps/samsung-other and /lib/udev/keymaps/force-release
/samsung-other as described in OP and rebooting. When pressing Fn+F7/8 I
simply see a keyboard backlight icon pop-up with no "progress" indicator
(like there is for the volume) and *the backlight doesn't change* no
matter how many times I click.

I also tried following the instructions at <http://jablonskis.org/2012
/linux-and-samsung-series-laptop-9-fn-keys/>, with the same result - The
keyboard illumination indicator pops up (without showing the current
state), and the state doesn't change.

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Title:
  Add special keys for Samsung Series 9 laptops

Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Please, add the following 4 lines to /lib/udev/keymaps/samsung-other
  ----------------------------
  0x96 kbdillumup # keyboard backlit up
  0x97 kbdillumdown # keyboard backlit down
  0xCE prog1 # system settings
  0xD5 wlan # wifi toggle
  --------------------------------
  and the following 4 lines to /lib/udev/keymaps/force-release/samsung-other
  ----------------------------
  0x96 # keyboard backlit up
  0x97 # keyboard backlit down
  0xCE # system settings
  0xD5 # wifi toggle
  -----------------------------------------

  this change should fix support for special function keys for Samsung
  Series 9, 900X3A, 900X3B and 900X3C.

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