I don't know what the issue is but my keyboard was already properly detected with all multimedia keys, etc; maybe it's just an issue of missing quirks?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/4/23 Daniel Qarras <<a href="mailto:dqarras@yahoo.com">dqarras@yahoo.com</a>>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi!<br>
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--- Daniel Qarras <<a href="mailto:dqarras@yahoo.com">dqarras@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Especially some configuration tools for distributions write<br>
> configuration files with keyboard model information. E.g., xorg.conf<br>
> may contain:<br>
><br>
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"<br>
><br>
> However, for many laptops "pc105" is not optimal as there are vendor<br>
> specific keymaps available with support for special keys, e.g.,<br>
> "acer_laptop", "asus_laptop".<br>
><br>
> Do you think that a configuration tool should use HAL to determine<br>
> the optimal keyboard model? If so, is it already possible somehow?<br>
<br>
</div>I'm just speculating but when inspecting output from lshal I see:<br>
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system.formfactor = 'laptop' (string)<br>
<br>
Perhaps that could be checked and if formfactor is "laptop", then<br>
checking for available vendor keymaps should be easy, e.g., Acer is in<br>
numerous entries:<br>
<br>
system.hardware.vendor = 'Acer, inc.' (string)<br>
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Cheers!<br>
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