Michael Meskes wrote:
> Closes: 556261 556895 556896 556897
> Changes:
> acpi-support (0.129-2) unstable; urgency=low
> .
> * Better document the need of the uinput module. (Closes: #556897)
Thanks! That was fast.
> The acpi_fakekeyd daemon.
> -------------------------
>
> With the kernel only allowing key events for which a real key exists on the
> keyboard the old approach of acpi_fakekey to just send the needed event
> through
> an existing keayboard device does not always work. As a workaround
> acpi_fakekey
^^^^
keyboard :)
> now sends the generate key press event through the user level input driver and
^
d
> thus needs CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT defined in the kernel and, if build as a
> module,
> the uinput module to be loaded.
I think udev takes care of calling modprobe as needed (hence the error
message I received), for what it’s worth.
Regards,
Jonathan
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