Special keys without keycodes?

To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Special keys without keycodes?
From: Damien Elmes <debian-laptop@repose.cx>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:26:34 +1000
Message-id: <[🔎] 867kn48aqt.fsf@reflex.repose.cx>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 1019106370.367.20.camel@Fish> (David Poisson's message of "18 Apr 2002 01:06:08 -0400")
References: <[🔎] 1019106370.367.20.camel@Fish>

David Poisson <david@fishy.ca> writes:

> Hi, 
> 	I have a Dell Inspiron 4100 and I was wondering if anyone had figured
> out how to get the "E" button (next to the power button) to work by
> launching a program of your choice?

Hi everyone!

I've got a laptop (Compaq Evo N160; http://repose.cx/n160 for a page on mind))
that has a number of these special buttons up the top as well. Two of them -
the volume buttons - produce valid keycodes which I can rebind and use. There's
another four, however, which don't generate any keycodes - hitting them when
running xev generates no output at all.

I'm guessing these buttons need to be controlled via ACPI or similar. Has
anyone looked into getting them working?

-- 
Damien Elmes

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