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Re: Activating keys on Compaq extended keyboards



I have the Compaq Presario 1700T, and as far as I know there are no ways
to capture the extended keys.  If anyone were to find out I'd be
interested in the results.

Regards
Scott A Runnels

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:54:39AM -0400, German Poo Caaman~o wrote:
> My hardware is a notebook Compaq Presario 1711LA
> running Debian sid, kernel-2.4.18.
> 
> At moment it has configured ATI Mobility L6 MY
> chip (with XFree86-4.2.0 compiled from source,
> with ati driver), Intel Etherexpress (eepro100),
> sound (Intel i810 audio driver [OSS]), all 
> working fine.  Now I'm recompiling the kernel
> to enable ACPI support.
> 
> This notebook has an extended keyboard and special
> keys that allow control the volume, mute the sound,
> information, search and email buttons.
> 
> However, I tryied showkey, xev, dumpkeys, etc.
> and only 2 keys emits codes (174 and 176, for volume
> control).  Besides, the specials [Fn] keys that
> works are [Fn]+F7 and [Fn]+F8.  [Fn]+F3 frezee
> my Linux box, the same as [Fn]+F4.  The first one
> its suppossed to switch the VGA output, and the
> last one, suspend the machine.
> 
> Are they some tips and tricks that allow me to
> config those keys?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
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> German Poo Caaman~o
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> 
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