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AvantLegion
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 Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:38 am Post subject: HP One-Touch keys? |
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After more Windows fusses, my girlfriend recently said those 3 magic words:
....... "I need Linux".
After playing around with a GNOME desktop on my system, she's found Linux is neither big nor scary, at least when it's set up and ready to go.
There's one hurdle, though. Her computer is an HP laptop, and she has these HP "One-Touch" keys that she uses constantly. One opens her browser to a home page, and one opens it to her web-based email login page.
They have some software in Windows that is editable - by default, they opened IE and went to MSN and Hotmail, but I changed that to open Mozilla to Gmail.
She won't take the Linux plunge if her One-Touch keys don't work. My first instinct was, "I doubt they'll work", but Linux supports more and more than I ever expect these days.
So, does anyone know if her One-Touch keys could be used (and programmed) in a Linux desktop environment? |
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Shigure
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Yes, there is something that comes with Gnome for just that. 
Go to Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
Note: This is for 2.6 only. 2.4 has Acme instead.
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AvantLegion
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:22 am Post subject: |
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But that supports funky non-standard keys that come on laptops like HP's?
That'd definitely be great. |
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qwkbrnfox
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| AvantLegion wrote: | But that supports funky non-standard keys that come on laptops like HP's?
That'd definitely be great. |
Which kernel are you using? On the 2.4.xx kernels, emerging omnibook worked for me - plus you can control the lcd backlight and a few other things. The module can be made to work with the 2.6 kernels as well, but as of a few weeks ago, the extra keys weren't working.
You'll have to see if the laptop is supported - it's not just for omnibooks! From the docs:
| Quote: | This package intended to provide Linux kernel support for HP OmniBook
and Pavilion machines. The state of this code is experimental but it
wants to be a framework to extend the Linux support for HP OmniBook
and Pavilion, Toshiba Satellite, Acer Aspire and Compal ACL00 laptops
manufactured by Compal Electronics, Inc as ODM. |
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AvantLegion
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:59 am Post subject: |
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Which kernel are you using? |
I'm not. Not on that laptop yet. This is a "must be answered before I can install" deal.
Well, it is an HP Pavilion, and though I'd like to run a 2.6 kernel, I suppose I could run a 2.4 until the module can support the extra keys. |
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Shigure
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Well, I did a bit of quick research on getting the One Touch keys working under 2.6, and it looks like (depending on your model) you may not even need omnibook for them to work.
From the README-OneTouch doc from the latest omnibook:
| Quote: | Kernel Support for OneTouch buttons of HP OmniBooks
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Note: these buttons are enabled by kernel series 2.5/2.6 at startup without
this module |
This page (search for One Touch) looks to have decent instructions to get the keys working on 2.6, assuming they get picked up by the kernel. The README-OneTouch file in the docs directory of omnibook also has some more relevant information.
In the end, as qwkbrnfox mentioned, 2.4 should work if 2.6 doesn't work out. |
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