Re: turning off (LCD+) backlight without suspending
> > Oh, that's a shame. On my laptop there's an actual separate key
> > called "Fn", sitting in between "Ctrl" and "Alt".
>
> Yeah, mine has one too, but it's to the left of ctrl.
>
> > It's intended
> > purely for switching on these Toshiba-specific keyboard functions (it's
> > also used to switch on the numberpad overlay over the uio-jkl-etc keys).
> > Alt-F1, Alt-F2 switches between consoles (the "F1", F2"... keys
> > themselves are labelled as such).
>
>
> I think that was the intent here too but apparently they didn't
> implement at BIOS level. So I have to find a linux-level
> solution.
If you run showkeys, does pressing your Fn generate a keycode? If so
it can probably be wired up to do something interesting. (easiest, to
do only things that are console driver features, like magic-sysrq, but
I think it can be convinced to hold macros too.)
* Heather Stern * star@ many places...
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