Re: Problem with the Fn+F3 key. acpi problem ?

[Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>]

On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 01:06:30PM +0100, giggz wrote:

> I want to associate a script (which works fine) to a key (Fn+F3). This
> key is for the video output switching and my script is a video output
> switch using xrandr.
> But when I try to associate Fn+F3 it doesn't work. I have try with the
> xen command to catch the keycode, but nothing happends when I press on
> the key. All the others Fn+F* works fine (help, hibernate, luminosity,
> sound...).
> So I want to report a bug, but I don't know if it is an acpi problem or
> a xorg problem... If anyone could help me...?

Does pressing the key generate any output in dmesg? If so, you need to 
run the setkeycodes command to bind it to a keycode. If not, make sure 
you have the acpi video module loaded, do 

echo -n 4 >/proc/acpi/video/foo/DOS

and check whether it generates an acpi event (there'll be a log message 
in /var/log/acpid.log). If so, sufficiently recent kernels ought to 
generate an input event.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org