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myrlin

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Registered: 2010-06-11

Posts: 297

acpi-eeepc-generic: adding a new hotkey

I would be grateful for any advice on how to do this. I have tried to find documentation, googled, and done some experiments without success.

I want to add Fn+F10 to toggle the webcam on the EeePC901. I have run the script manually, and it works fine. I have tried adding KEY_Fn_F10="00000016" to /etc/acpi/eeepc/models/acpi-eeepc-901-events.conf, then turning on "KEY_SHOW=1" in /etc/conf.d/acpi-eeepc-generic.conf, but I don't get an event notification when I press Fn+F10. I have no idea where to go from here. There does not seem to be a step-by-step gide anywhere for idiots like me!

Many thanks in advance.

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: acpi-eeepc-generic: adding a new hotkey

xbindkeys. Create a keybinding for the script in xbindkeys and then simply hit that keystroke to enable/disable the webcam

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myrlin

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Registered: 2010-06-11

Posts: 297

Re: acpi-eeepc-generic: adding a new hotkey

Thanks for your help, Inxsible. For consistency,  I was hoping to do this from within the acpi-eeepc-generic.conf framework, but maybe that's not an option. In any case, this solution is very elegant, so I'll give it a go.