Em Ter 04 Dez 2007, wwp escreveu: > Hello Marcelo, > > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:32:56 -0300 "Marcelo Magno T. Sales" <mmtsales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, wwp > > > > Em Seg 03 Dez 2007, wwp escreveu: > > > Hello Marcelo, > > > > > > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:02:39 -0300 "Marcelo Magno T. Sales" > > > > <mmtsales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Em Seg 03 Dez 2007, Phil Meyer escreveu: > > > > > Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote: > > > > > > Hi, people > > > > > > > > > > > > The Fn keys of my notebook do not generate scancodes, but > > > > > > ACPI events instead. I would like to map these events to X > > > > > > keysyms, so that the Fn keys are usable in X. How do I do > > > > > > that? The F8 kernel (2.6.23.1-49.fc8) and acpid get the > > > > > > ACPI events and logs messages like the following (F7 > > > > > > kernels and F7 acpid did not): > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >---- ---- -- Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: received event > > > > > > "hotkey ATKD 00000050 00000000" > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: notifying client 2169[68:68] > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: notifying client 2354[0:0] > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: completed event "hotkey ATKD > > > > > > 00000050 00000000" > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: received event "hotkey ATKD > > > > > > 00000051 00000000" > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: notifying client 2169[68:68] > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: notifying client 2354[0:0] > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:23 home-03 acpid: completed event "hotkey ATKD > > > > > > 00000051 00000000" > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >---- ---- -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Other Fn keys (the ones to control LCD brightness) produce > > > > > > errors like: > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >---- ---- -- Dec 3 18:17:34 home-03 kernel: ACPI Error > > > > > > (psargs-0355): [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P2.VGA_.LCDD] Namespace lookup > > > > > > failure, AE_NOT_FOUND Dec 3 18:17:34 home-03 kernel: ACPI > > > > > > Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed > > > > > > [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_._Q0E] (Node f7d07f90), AE_NOT_FOUND > > > > > > Dec 3 18:17:35 home-03 kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0355): > > > > > > [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P2.VGA_.LCDD] Namespace lookup failure, > > > > > > AE_NOT_FOUND Dec 3 18:17:35 home-03 kernel: ACPI Error > > > > > > (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed > > > > > > [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_._Q0F] (Node f7d07fa8), AE_NOT_FOUND > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >---- ---- -- > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make these work? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Marcelo > > > > > > > > > > The <FN>brightness keys work out of the box on all the > > > > > laptops I have built. I am no help there. > > > > > > > > > > As for using other keys, in GNOME, you can map keys with: > > > > > > > > > > System/Preferences/Personal/Keyboard Shortcuts > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help, but to do this the keys would have to be > > > > recognized by X already, wouldn't they? In my case, xev shows > > > > nothing. X does not know when the keys are pressed. The only > > > > response I get when I press the Fn keys are these acpi events > > > > registered in system log. > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > And nothing in /var/log/messages like the following? > > > > > > kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x85 > > > on isa0060/serio0). kernel: atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e005 > > > <keycode>' to make it known. > > > > Unfortunately not. This would happen if the keys generated > > scancodes unknown to the kernel, but mine only generate acpi > > events. My desktop's keyboard has some extended keys that generate > > messages like the one you posted. These were a bit easier to make > > work in X. > > I'd suggest contacting the Linux ACPI guys or at least searching the > archives of their mailing lists if you're not able to create acpi > events/rules easily from "hotkey ATKD 00000051 00000000"-like events. > Some kernel errors might denote broken DSDT in your laptop, also, > then you definitely need to have a look to > http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/. Thanks, I will take a look there. []'s Marcelo
