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F8-x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi
Config
Button Work
setkeycodes
Xmodmap
KDE
Comments
Mail
yes x x E-mail button, ex: launch Thunderbird
WWW
yes x x WWW button, ex: launch Firefox
P1
yes x x x User button, ex: launch NetBeans
P2
yes x x x User button, ex: launch VMware
Fn-F1
yes x x x User button, ex:
Fn-F2
yes x x x User button, ex:
Fn-F3
yes x x x User button, ex:
Fn-F4
yes Sleep-button recognized by ACPI.
Fn-F5
yes x x Toggle external display, XF86Display
Fn-F6
yes Dim display, no configuration needed
Fn-F7
yes Toggle touch-pad, no configuration needed
Fn-F8
yes x x Toggle mute
Fn-Home
yes Go home (XF86Home)
Fn-End
yes Go to end (XF86End)
Fn-up
yes x x Volume raise
Fn-down
yes x x Volume lower
Fn-left
yes Brightness lighter, no configuration needed
Fn-right
yes Brightness darker, no configuration needed
Bluetooth
yes No configuration needed
WLAN
yes No configuration needed
8.1 Configuration procedure
It is a tedious procedure to find out the proper scan-codes, Linux key-codes and
X key-codes. Yes, on top of the scan-codes there are both Linux and X key-codes
to keep track of. I probably have it all confused, but here is how I did it:
8.1.1 X key-codes
1. Start by finding out what key-codes X already knows of. Here xev is a
valuable friend. The buttons that had key codes configured by default for
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