Hi all,
Yesterday I did a fresh install of FC5 on my Acer Ferrari 4005. I only use the Gnome desktop and have applied all updates as of today. Since the euro (€) and dollar ($) keys on the keyboard don't work out of the box I tried to fix that (see below). The dollar key works fine. Unfortunately when I activate the euro key and press it then it prints the euro sign but immediately afterwards the laptop's screen goes black and seem to go into some kind of standby mode. Anyone have an idea why this is happening and how I prevent this from happening?
Thanks, Patrick
0) in grub.conf I added i8042.nomux no_timer_check
1) apply the patch from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185075
2) add in /etc/rc.d/rc.local the following lines:
# http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_Acer_Ferrari_4005WLMi_Manual#Special_... # Extra keys for Acer Ferrari 4k # Key | scode | X11 symbol | X11 kcode | Console kcode # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Fn-F1 e025 Help I70 - 240 235 # Fn-F2 e026 XF86Launch1 I71 - 241 236 # Fn-F3 e027 XF86Launch2 I72 - 242 237 # Fn-F4 <acpi sleep event> # Fn-F5 e029 XF86Display I26 - 166 154 # Euro e033 EuroSign I25 - 165 205 # Dollar e034 dollar I24 - 164 166 # WIFI ON e055 NoSymbol x 240 # WIFI OFF e056 NoSymbol x 241 # USB ON e057 NoSymbol x 242 # USB OFF e058 NoSymbol x 243 # BR. UP e063 NoSymbol x 244 # Fn-F7 (TPAD ON) e071 NoSymbol x 245 # Fn-F7 (TPAD OFF) e072 NoSymbol x 246 # "P" button e073 XF86Launch3 I73 - 243 238 # "e" button e074 XF86Launch4 I74 - 244 239 # -------------------------------------------- # Rationale: "NoSymbol" keys have nothing to do with X apps - they must # be handled on the lower level if at all (they do their work). # Therefore I've mapped them to the keycodes that never get # reported to X (I think). "XF86Display" mapped according to the only # other occurrence in <inet> file. "Help" and "XF86Launch*" buttons # mapped by majority and grouping of "XF86Launch*" buttons in <inet> # file. "dollar" was mapped in resemblance of it ASCII code and "Euro" # used to plug a discontinuity # KEYCODES="e025 235 e026 236 e027 237 e029 154 e033 205 e034 166 e055 # 240 e056 241 e057 242 e058 243 e063 244 e071 245 e072 246 e073 238 # e074 239"
# setkeycodes with the euro sign - causes the standby action /usr/bin/setkeycodes e025 235 e026 236 e034 166e027 237 e029 154 e033 205 e034 166 e055 240 e056 241 e057 242 e058 243 e063 244 e071 245 e072 246 e073 238 e074 239
# setkeycodes without the euro sign - no more euro sign available but # also no standby action /usr/bin/setkeycodes e025 235 e026 236 e027 237 e029 154 e034 166 e055 240 e056 241 e057 242 e058 243 e063 244 e071 245 e072 246 e073 238 e074 239