[Bug 133173] Gutsy Dell E1505 function keys work in ubuntu but not kubuntu

[pauls]

Public bug reported:

On a dell E1505 laptop, in both feisty and gutsy, using KDE, the keys
for eject (Fn-F10) and hibernate (Fn-F1) do not work.  Also, the laptop
lid cannot be disabled from blanking the screen.  On Gnome, these
function keys work properly.  Also, on gnome-power-manager, when I
select "do nothing" for laptop lid, it works properly.

I checked the keys using konsole in KDE to be sure they're detected
properly, and they are, as shown:

paul :~$ lshal -m

Start monitoring devicelist:
-------------------------------------------------
Fn-F10 gives : platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = eject-cd
Fn-F1 gives : platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = hibernate

paul :~$ xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '/keycode /s/^.*keycode \([0-9]*\).* (.*, \(.*\)).*$/\1 \2/p'
Fn-F10 gives : 204 XF86Eject
Fn-F1 gives : 165 XF86Sleep

The laptop lid button problem occurs with an external monitor connected.
In gnome, disabling blanking the screen on the lid button works, but not
in KDE.  On gutsy it's kde-guidance-powermanager
0.8.0svn20070727-0ubuntu2.

Here's proof of the kde config settings, but still the lid closure
blanks the external monitor.

paul :~$ cat .kde/share/config/power-managerrc

batteryBrightness=50
batteryCriticalAction=hibernate
batteryFreqPolicy=dynamic
batteryIdleAction=nothing
batteryIdleTime=10
criticalRemainTime=5
laptopLidAction=nothing
lockOnResume=0
poweredBrightness=100
poweredFreqPolicy=dynamic
poweredIdleAction=nothing
poweredIdleTime=30

** Affects: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  On a dell E1505 laptop, in both feisty and gutsy, using KDE, the keys
  for eject (Fn-F10) and hibernate (Fn-F1) do not work.  Also, the laptop
  lid cannot be disabled from blanking the screen.  On Gnome, these
  function keys work properly.  Also, on gnome-power-manager, when I
  select "do nothing" for laptop lid, it works properly.
  
  I checked the keys using konsole in KDE to be sure they're detected
  properly, and they are, as shown:
  
  paul :~$ lshal -m
  
  Start monitoring devicelist:
  -------------------------------------------------
  Fn-F10 gives : platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = eject-cd
  Fn-F1 gives : platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = hibernate
  
  paul :~$ xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '/keycode /s/^.*keycode \([0-9]*\).* (.*, \(.*\)).*$/\1 \2/p'
  Fn-F10 gives : 204 XF86Eject
  Fn-F1 gives : 165 XF86Sleep
  
- The laptop lid button occurs with an external monitor connected.  In
- gnome, disabling blanking the screen on the lid button works, but not in
- KDE.  On gutsy it's kde-guidance-powermanager 0.8.0svn20070727-0ubuntu2.
+ The laptop lid button problem occurs with an external monitor connected.
+ In gnome, disabling blanking the screen on the lid button works, but not
+ in KDE.  On gutsy it's kde-guidance-powermanager
+ 0.8.0svn20070727-0ubuntu2.
  
  Here's proof of the kde config settings, but still the lid closure
  blanks the external monitor.
  
  paul :~$ cat .kde/share/config/power-managerrc
  
  batteryBrightness=50
  batteryCriticalAction=hibernate
  batteryFreqPolicy=dynamic
  batteryIdleAction=nothing
  batteryIdleTime=10
  criticalRemainTime=5
  laptopLidAction=nothing
  lockOnResume=0
  poweredBrightness=100
  poweredFreqPolicy=dynamic
  poweredIdleAction=nothing
  poweredIdleTime=30

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Gutsy Dell E1505 function keys work in ubuntu but not kubuntu
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