* Re: [gentoo-user] Blue Fn Key Combinations not Sending Scancodes
@ 2013-08-24 6:10 99% ` joost
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From: joost @ 2013-08-24 6:10 UTC (permalink / raw
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Randy Westlund <rwestlun@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>I'm trying to make my blue Fn key combinations control by MPD server on
>the Raspberry Pi sitting on my speakers. This should be really easy
>with xbindkeys. I'm following this document:
>http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys
>
>The problem I have is that the Fn key combinations on my laptop aren't
>all sending scancodes. I understand that the Fn key itself doesn't
>send a scancode. I'm using Fn + Down Arrow (a blue play/pause symbol),
>but xev doesn't register it. Even when running showkey -s, I can't get
>a scancode.
>
>When I do Fn + F8 (a blue monitor symbol) I get the scancode "0xe0 0x56
>0xe0 0xd6" so the key itself is working. And I can use Fn + F1 (Zz) to
>hibernate.
>
>So I'm thinking the kernel isn't recognizing the scancode that the
>keyboard is sending? Does that sound right? Is there something in the
>kernel that I should change? I didn't see anything that looked
>relevant under keyboard drivers.
>
>Randy
On an old laptop of mine I had to use ACPI to get the events from some of those.
This might be a similar situation.
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