[ltp] fn key

[Fekete Gabor]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:34:48PM +0200, hella-ltp@public-files.de wrote:
> > > hi
> > > 
> > > is it normal that the xev program doesn't detect the Fn keypress?
> > 
> > well, mine does:
> > KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001,
> >     root 0x3b, subw 0x0, time 518276880, (-235,737), root:(607,757),
> >     state 0x0, keycode 227 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
> >     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""
> > 
> > I've got a x30 - If you tell us your model, probably somebody with that
> > model can tell you more ..
> 
> ...........
> 
>     # Set the thinkpad keycodes
>     /usr/bin/setkeycodes e063 125 e06a 126 e069 127
> 
ok, i did this before starting X, but still the same.
i run xev, press the FN key, fn+anything, but nothing happens as if
i hadn't pushed any keys. 
where could be the problem. anyway, the fn key works fine for
e.g. controlling the volume.
again, i have a 600e on debian unstable, kernel 2.4.21.

thanks