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Thank you very much, the scripts here fixed my problem:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T500#Audio">http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T500#Audio</a><br>
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My a co-worker has a T400 with Ubuntu where his volume keys work. I
was trying to compare things, and could not figure it out. I never
checked his /dev/input to see if it was small like mine, but he never
even had the the /dev/shm/acpi_fakekey....and he too would get a
permissions error when he tried to run the command as a normal user.
But his volume keys still work, so I am sure now that I was on the
wrong path there. There may still have been something about the
/dev/input event's missing, but I am pleased with these scripts. It
works...thank you everyone.<br>
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David L. Anselmi wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Mike Jensen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Been lurking around for a while, but never posted before. Sorry to have
my first post be a help request.
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At least it's not content-free.
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<pre wrap="">I am trying to get the volume up/down/mute key to work on my Lenovo
T400. The distro is Debian Squeeze, fully updated, amd64. My volume
keys don't seem to work, so I traced down /etc/acpi/volupbtn.sh (and
others), and noticed that it was using acpi_fakekey....when I run it as
such in root, there is no problems, it returns fine. But when I run the
same thing as a normal user I get: fifo: Permission denied
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For permission problems I would guess that there's a group you add yourself to that will make you
able to use the buttons. That's assuming that some piece of relevant software is running as you
(perhaps as part of your desktop environment) and that this isn't a bug. But...
Google says other people have seen this too:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thinkpad-acpi">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thinkpad-acpi</a> tells you about the drivers and has some ideas for
troubleshooting tools. I think squeeze is keeping up with new kernels.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567645">http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567645</a> reports the same bug but doesn't have any
info. You could add your findings there, especially if you solve the problem. (This is the package
that supplies the script you mention.)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Ubuntu_8.10_(Intrepid_Ibex)_on_a_Thinkpad_T400">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Ubuntu_8.10_(Intrepid_Ibex)_on_a_Thinkpad_T400</a> says the volume
buttons work fine so you could investigate how 8.10 handles this.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T500">http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T500</a> says that volume doesn't work and tells you
what to do about it, including scripts that you can compare to what you have.
HTH,
Dave
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