Laptop function and media keys do not work

Annorax · 2012-08-07 23:04:15

I have an older Toshiba Satellite A105-S4064 that has some media keys on the left side of the keyboard (start/pause/stop/etc...) and also has an "Fn" key that controls the grayed commands on the F1-F12 keys to do things like dim the display, disable wireless, etc...

I came across this link (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/To … e_A45-21S1) and have installed fxfn, added the module and daemon to rc.conf, restarted, but none of the function and media keys work. Is there another way I should try to get these keys to work?

jasonwryan · 2012-08-07 23:06:22

Are they recognized?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ex … board_Keys

Annorax · 2012-08-07 23:11:04

Running "xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '/keycode /s/^.*keycode $[0-9]*$.* (.*, $.*$).*$/\1 \2/p'" does not seem to recognize any of the media keys or the Fn key. When I press Fn and any function key, it only shows the function key.

cupantae · 2012-08-07 23:13:13

Seems you're having the same problem as this fellow:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=146370

Annorax · 2012-08-10 21:21:14

That seems similar, but when I run "xev", it doesn't recognize the keys at all. Maybe I misread that thread?

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#1 2012-08-07 23:04:15

Laptop function and media keys do not work

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Re: Laptop function and media keys do not work

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Re: Laptop function and media keys do not work

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