RE: FC4 on Laptop, does it work??, Partly.

[Tomas Larsson]

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> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:03 PM
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> > Subject: Re: FC4 on Laptop, does it work??, Partly.
> >
> > On gnome, Desktop->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts is very
>
> helpful for
> > defining these sorts of keys to open email, control volume and 
> > such...but as it appears you're using KDE I don't have
>
> experience with
> > that so I couldn't tell you where to find an equivalent.
>
> The "i", "mail" and "search" key appears not to generate any 
> keycodes, atleast nothing happens in "xev" when I push those 
> keys, same with Display contrast/brightness keys and the 
> display changer key.
>
> Where are the key definitions stored, is it possible to add 
> one more keybord to the definition?
> Don't know about the "mm-controls", and "Mute" does not work, 
> although they produce scancode.
>
> With best regards
>
> Tomas Larsson
> Sweden
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Found this while browsing around.
Haven't tested it my self yet.

It seems to be some sort of kernelpatch/driver for various keys.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=52036

http://sourceforge.net/projects/omke/

With best regards

Tomas Larsson
Sweden
http://www.naks.mine.nu for downloads etc.
ftp://ktl.mine.nu for uploads. Or use the free www.yousendit.com service.

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