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K0tuk

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Registered: 2009-04-06

Posts: 125

Laptop special keys

Hi!

I`m running 32-bit Arch on my Acer 7720g lappy, and i`ve managed to get everything working by now, except for 2 things:

1.Suspending to Ram for more than once (known bug, that hasn`t been fixed yet, Acer fault - notebook doesn`t come up from sleep on 2nd resume)
2.Enabling all hotkeys on keyboard.

I know about "xev", i`ve used it to set my hotkeys that work with the Function key(brightness control, volume control, next/prev song, etc.), they work OK. What doesn`t work are some addition Acer keys, like Email, Messenger and Internet Browser (i`ve marked them on the attached image):

The problem is, they are not even detected by xev. Are there any other ways to configure them? In fact, bluetooth and wireless buttons are enabled and working, but other ones are not... I do have acpi hotkey support installed (as said in Wiki).

kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

Re: Laptop special keys

How about trying keytouch?:)

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-05-08 08:08:31)

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K0tuk

Member

Registered: 2009-04-06

Posts: 125

Re: Laptop special keys

How about trying keytouch?:)

It didn`t work either, i get no responce when i press these keys - as if Linux doesn`t even know i`ve pressed them.