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ElisardoNieves

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From: Galicia, España

Registered: 2020-02-19

Posts: 22

Mouse toggle does not work on Lenovo Ideapad S145

Hello,

I have a Lenovo Ideapad S145 laptop and the FN + F6 keys for mouse toggle do not work.

The system does not recognize the FN + F6 combination. The rest of the function keys do work with the FN key.

Thanks

paulkerry

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: Mouse toggle does not work on Lenovo Ideapad S145

Something similar but for different keys on HP laptops...

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=251867
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=222318

Is there a bios update for your laptop?
If you are already using the latest version, then use a different set of keystrokes as mentioned in those links.

Cheers
Paul.

ElisardoNieves

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From: Galicia, España

Registered: 2020-02-19

Posts: 22

Re: Mouse toggle does not work on Lenovo Ideapad S145

I already tried the solutions of the posts you mention. The BIOS is updated. FN + F6 Still not working.

paulkerry

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: Mouse toggle does not work on Lenovo Ideapad S145

If FN-F6 is never recognised as a keypress by xev for instance, you won't be able to assign it for the mouse toggle to work.
You could assign an alternative keypress, like shift-F6 instead. To do that depends on which desktop you are using.

ElisardoNieves

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From: Galicia, España

Registered: 2020-02-19

Posts: 22

Re: Mouse toggle does not work on Lenovo Ideapad S145

After researching for a few months I discovered that in Windows you have to install the touchpad drivers for Fn + F6 to work.

Is there an option in Linux? Anyone with a Lenovo prototype with the same problem?