A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
Took a break from study to look at the "Button" issue plaguing 19's.
Did a little digging and I found:
cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/PANASONIC_LAPTOP.html
talking about modules which lead me to search my computer.
I found Panasonic in:
/sys/class/backlight
/sys/devices/virtual/backlight
/usr/src/linux-headers ... /include/config
/sys/bus/acpi/drivers
/sys/modules
//etc/acpi/events
Do not get excited about acpi events, try this in a terminal:
you@yourcomputer:~$ acpi_listen
It will show the events as keys are pressed, notice that the
light keys get listed, the keys we want to work, don't.
So then I found this:
https://github.com/heiher/panasonic-hbtn
Downloaded zip, ran make, no love.
But its a clue in the quest to make these darn buttons work.
I will document any findings here, feel free to help with clues or a solution.
Did a little digging and I found:
cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/PANASONIC_LAPTOP.html
talking about modules which lead me to search my computer.
I found Panasonic in:
/sys/class/backlight
/sys/devices/virtual/backlight
/usr/src/linux-headers ... /include/config
/sys/bus/acpi/drivers
/sys/modules
//etc/acpi/events
Do not get excited about acpi events, try this in a terminal:
you@yourcomputer:~$ acpi_listen
It will show the events as keys are pressed, notice that the
light keys get listed, the keys we want to work, don't.
So then I found this:
https://github.com/heiher/panasonic-hbtn
Downloaded zip, ran make, no love.
But its a clue in the quest to make these darn buttons work.
I will document any findings here, feel free to help with clues or a solution.
glitch
CF-19 Mk-1 / CF-M34 / CF-27 / CF-28 / CF-29 Mk-1 / CF-H1 Field/Health
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.” Heraclitus ~5 bc
CF-19 Mk-1 / CF-M34 / CF-27 / CF-28 / CF-29 Mk-1 / CF-H1 Field/Health
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.” Heraclitus ~5 bc
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Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
So you must have W7 installed ??
Blair
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Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
What about that extra stuff I found for Emporer? It's tailored for Linux on Toughbooks.
Life will beat you into submission.
Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
xrandr
I was never able to trace the electric impulse? from a button push...where does it go? Forget what Linux commands I tried.
Had a crazy idea about loading front button drivers in .wine, never tried it.
Are the buttons not simply on/off? We need to hack the rotation driver in W$ and see what it's doing in English.
I was never able to trace the electric impulse? from a button push...where does it go? Forget what Linux commands I tried.
Had a crazy idea about loading front button drivers in .wine, never tried it.
Are the buttons not simply on/off? We need to hack the rotation driver in W$ and see what it's doing in English.
Fair for you/ Fair for me.
I chose to NOT be organized.
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Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
you guys are very funny....now that i might have more time on my hands, and I have a CF-19 at my fingertips....let's dig in....this where you lead me??
Panasonic Tablet Button driver
* (C) 2012 Heiher <admin@heiher.info>
*
* derived from panasonic-laptop.c, Copyright (C) 2002-2004 John Belmonte
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* publicshed by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
*/
Panasonic Tablet Button driver
* (C) 2012 Heiher <admin@heiher.info>
*
* derived from panasonic-laptop.c, Copyright (C) 2002-2004 John Belmonte
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* publicshed by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
*/
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Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
Sorry I fell off the grid, stuff got crazy.
From what I can tell, when you push the button an event does happen, but not in acpi, it is going to the kernel. The stuff I downloaded from github didn't work as advertised and in fact messed with my power settings. I cannot completely log off, it goes into some sort of weird sleep mode. Of course I was pushing lots of (software) buttons and messing with lots of stuff in the background, its not the first time I have nuked a perfectly good install.
I am caught up as of today and will start looking at it again.
From what I can tell, when you push the button an event does happen, but not in acpi, it is going to the kernel. The stuff I downloaded from github didn't work as advertised and in fact messed with my power settings. I cannot completely log off, it goes into some sort of weird sleep mode. Of course I was pushing lots of (software) buttons and messing with lots of stuff in the background, its not the first time I have nuked a perfectly good install.
I am caught up as of today and will start looking at it again.
glitch
CF-19 Mk-1 / CF-M34 / CF-27 / CF-28 / CF-29 Mk-1 / CF-H1 Field/Health
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.” Heraclitus ~5 bc
CF-19 Mk-1 / CF-M34 / CF-27 / CF-28 / CF-29 Mk-1 / CF-H1 Field/Health
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.” Heraclitus ~5 bc
Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
Oh and its not just a button on off thing, most things inside a computer are like signals,
"button pressed", (micro seconds later) "button released" -- events.
Its not simply a momentary button, (physically it is) but how the system reads it. It goes to a buffer and then is picked up by the OS to respond to the users desires.
"button pressed", (micro seconds later) "button released" -- events.
Its not simply a momentary button, (physically it is) but how the system reads it. It goes to a buffer and then is picked up by the OS to respond to the users desires.
glitch
CF-19 Mk-1 / CF-M34 / CF-27 / CF-28 / CF-29 Mk-1 / CF-H1 Field/Health
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.” Heraclitus ~5 bc
CF-19 Mk-1 / CF-M34 / CF-27 / CF-28 / CF-29 Mk-1 / CF-H1 Field/Health
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.” Heraclitus ~5 bc
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Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
I am getting deja vu. I think we already went through this somehow, or found another site with a custom module somewhere.
Daily drives a CF-31
Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
Many have tried.
I don't hear anyone bragging about success.
Glitch is young.....it's not the correct answer/ it's the quest that makes it fun.
Carry on.
I don't hear anyone bragging about success.
Glitch is young.....it's not the correct answer/ it's the quest that makes it fun.
Carry on.
Fair for you/ Fair for me.
I chose to NOT be organized.
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Re: A quest, get the CF-19 front keys working!
it's no problem to get it to work. just compile and than use "sudo insmod ...ko" to activate/test.
further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modprobe
i got it to work with opensuse leap, but i don't know how to map the virtual keyboard i use or an rotate-script
further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modprobe
i got it to work with opensuse leap, but i don't know how to map the virtual keyboard i use or an rotate-script