[ltp] Special Keys on R31?

Vidyut Luther linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:13:00 +0000 (CST)


I know that on the A31P, you can get the mute and the volume keys to work. 
The Thinkpad button, and the extra set of keys they give u on the side are 
ignored..They're even ignored by me in windows so I never bothered to try.



 On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Boris Schroeder wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> is it possible to use the special keys on the thinkpad R31 (thinkpad button, volume up/down, mute) within linux?
> 
> mute actually works out of the box, but I'd like to use the other keys as well.
> 
> showkey -s and xev do not show anything when pressig/releasing those buttons. they don't seem to produce keycodes.
> 
> 
> thx in advance
> 
> Boris
> 

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