Re: Acer travelmate acerhk.0.5.28 hotkey problem

[Martin Vlk <vlcak01@tiscali.cz>]

I have compiled the kernel module and the extra keys now generate X events (as 
shown by xev). So the driver itself works fine.

How to compile the acerhk module and create deb package

I assume you have a configured Linux kernel source in the <kernel-source> 
directory and you have installed the module-assistant package.

 - Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
   deb http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
 - Install the "acerhk-source" pacage. The source installs
   in "/usr/src/acerhk.tar.bz2"
 - Unpack the archive somewhere in your home dir. (e.g. <modules-dir>)
 - $ export MODULE_LOC=<modules-dir>
 - $ cd <kernel-source>
 - $ fakeroot make-kpkg modules (This creates a .deb package in the parent
   directory of <kernel-source>
 - Install the package: $ dpkg -i <newly-created-deb>
 - Load the module: $ modprobe acerhk
 - You also want to include it in the "/etc/modules" file so it loads
   automatically on boot.


Now the second part of the problem is how to assign the keyboard events to 
some actions. I haven't dne that before - can anyone help?

Hope this helps.
vlcak