Hotkeys work in Ubuntu!!! Is there hope?

raul_nds · 2007-07-31 23:01:55

I tried burning Kubuntu's 7.04 Live CD to see if things work, and hotkey,like brightness and volume worked out of the box! Bluetooth worked too, something i don't really use much, but can't get working in Arch

Is there hope for me? Can someone point me in the right direction?

rayjgu3 · 2007-08-01 01:40:25

does this help
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hotkeys

iphitus · 2007-08-01 06:34:12

Ubuntu = Gnome

Go into Gnome, and theres a configuration application to set them up. IIRC it was called "Keyboard Shortcuts."

James

wuischke · 2007-08-01 07:34:48

Actually he is using a Kubuntu = KDE CD.

raul_nds · 2007-08-01 12:44:04

From the wiki:

The solutions discussed in this howto allow you to use them independently from the window manager or desktop environment you chose; moreover you will be able to use them in three possible ways (the second and the third way can not coexist for the same key):
to print a character in console;
to print a character in X;
to execute an app in X.
Actually, you can do also the fourth thing, i.e. to execute an app in console

What I want is to adjust my backlight's brightness

thayer · 2007-08-01 21:29:38

What's the make/model of your laptop?

As far as I know, most recent Dell notebooks (2 yrs or newer) have out of the box support for brightness controls. However, that being said, you may need to be running the latest BIOS version.

raul_nds · 2007-08-01 22:21:49

Sorry for the delay.I fell in the temptation of installing Ubuntu in my laptop, but i'm coming back to Arch right now!! Even though all my power management options work (backlight dimming, cpu profile), wireless is a nightmare!! ndiswrapper freezes my system, and the native module doesn't seem to work. I'm coming back to arch and i'll use max brightness all the time until I find a solution

My laptop is a Packard Bell EasyNote Bu45

jinn · 2007-09-03 18:53:31

you can fix the brightness this way:

modprobe video
cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness
levels: 100 60 20 28 36 44 52 60 68 76 84 93 100
current: 20
echo 20 > /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness

good luck, this works on my 945GM vga on hp dv2000.

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Hotkeys work in Ubuntu!!! Is there hope?

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