Re: How to get multimedia keys (volume up /down) working
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Jaap Haitsma <jaap@haitsma.org> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to to use the volume up and volume down keys of my dell
> laptop in Gnome. However if I go to Desktop Preferences / Multimedia
> Keys I cannot attach Fn-VolumeUp(PageUp) or Fn-VolumeDown(PageDown) to
> the appropriate events. It simply doesn't notice that I pushed those
> keys. With other normal keys it just works fine.
>
> It also doesn't recognize the other multimedia keys. Like changing the
> contrast. These keys do their job (i.e. change the contrast or what
> ever they should do), but it seems that they are directly tied to the
> hardware. GNOME never sees those keys.
You're right. Any key combo involving Fn isn't going to get picked up
by software
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :' :
`. `'` proud Debian admin and user
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