laptop key quirks

Zdenek Prikryl zprikryl at redhat.com
Wed Apr 2 08:36:34 PDT 2008


Hello,

Valent Turkovic wrote:
> How can I find out their scancodes and how do I label them in:
> /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-hp.fdi ?

try $ showkey -s
and look at similar fdi files (30-keymap-module-thinkpad-acpi.fdi is goog
choice) how to write quirks.

> If I understood the quirks page the idea is to edit keymap files so
> that all keys JustWork on laptops. On mine most work but aren't
> configred correctly and 2 aren't recognized. I would like to help and
> fix this issue so that on Fedora 9 all my buttons work "Out of the
> box" after install.
> 
> What are the names for "Next", "Previous", "Play/pause", "Stop",
> "Mute", "Vol Up" and "Vol Down" buttons?

nextsong, previoussong, playpause, stopcd, mute, volumeup, volumedown.

Regards.

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Zdenek Prikryl <zprikryl at redhat.com>




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