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PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:12 pm    Post subject: xev doesn't catch function keys Reply with quote

hi,
i have these function keys on my laptop.
xev catches all the keys for the A/V control panel, which i've bound to keys in xine and amixer settings.
but xev doesn't catch the ones intended for launching applications - is there some other way to catch the event of these being pressed?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a T41, and the ibm_acpi module in the kernel can capture the Fn + Fx combinations.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, i have a gateway m500. would the module also be <something>_acpi?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seems there's no support for the gateway laptops. But you can use the generic button:
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CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON: x
x x
x This driver registers for events based on buttons, such as the x
x power, sleep, and lid switch. In the future, a daemon will read x
x /proc/acpi/event and perform user-defined actions such as shutting x
x down the system. Until then, you can cat it, and see output when x
x a button is pressed.


If you don't have /proc/acpi directory, you haven't enabled acpi.
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