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badfrog88

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Registered: 2010-08-13

Posts: 43

[SOLVED] Some Fn Keys Work... Some Don't - ASUS 1018PB Netbook

I have a fairly clean install of Arch with Openbox as my WM on this netbook.

The following Fn+Fx keys appear to work as they are returning a value, shown in ( ) using the showkey command:

F1 (142) - Icon indicated sleep mode -- not working
F5 (224) - This dims the screen -- Working
F6 (225) - Brightens the screen -- Working
F8 (227) - I *think* this is for switching monitors if an external is connected -- Not able to test
F10 (113) - Muted speaker in Windows 7 - Not yet tested in Linux
F11(114) - Decreased Volume - Not yet tested in Linux
F12(115) - Increase Volume _ Not yet tested in Linux

How is the best way to get these other keys configured and functioning?  What I would really like is for one of the keys to disable my touchpad the Fn+F3 did this in Windows 7.

Thanks,

Kent

Last edited by badfrog88 (2010-09-22 14:36:54)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Some Fn Keys Work... Some Don't - ASUS 1018PB Netbook

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ext … ys_in_Xorg

badfrog88

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Registered: 2010-08-13

Posts: 43

Re: [SOLVED] Some Fn Keys Work... Some Don't - ASUS 1018PB Netbook

OK, now I feel really stupid. I read the Extra Keyboard Keys wiki at least three times yesterday. Somehow I missed step 2 every time.

Kent