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 Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject: Help w/ laptop hotkeys (window$ is winning) |
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Hi
I have a non-brand-laptop with five special keys on the side (for email, wlan, etc). They work fine in the evil OS, but I can't get any events in Linux. I've tried showkeys and xev, but nothing.
This is the last thing on my laptop that works only in window$. Help me fix it and beat windows  !
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dtor
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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When you press those keys do they generate messages like the one blow in dmesg?
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atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x81 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e001 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x81 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e001 <keycode>' to make it known.
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lamekain
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nope. no messages in dmesg. and none in /var/log/everything/current either..
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And you are saying that you have the latest version of kbd package and "showkey" command does not give any keycodes for those either..? Hmm. those keys may require laptop-specific ACPI driver, you proably out of luck here, sorry.
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kbd is the newest. I guess i'm lacking kernel-support for my keyboard..
damn, windows won.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| What is the manufacturer of the laptop? For almost all laptops exist implementations for the extra keys, sometimes you have to patch your kernel .. |
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| genstef wrote: | | What is the manufacturer of the laptop? For almost all laptops exist implementations for the extra keys, sometimes you have to patch your kernel .. |
the chassis is from AOpen. i found an actual website by googling (funny, that the manual doesn't even mention the manufacturer..).
Unfortunately, I didn't find a patch made by AOpen and nothing by googling. Any suggestions?
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| whats the original software name that used to make them work in windows? |
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| genstef wrote: | | whats the original software name that used to make them work in windows? |
The program is called "Launch Manager" (how original..) and it belongs to "Wistron Corporation". And of course no useful information about the hw is available.
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