[ltp] Ubuntu (Breezy) and Thinkpad X31: Fn-F7?

[Alex Deucher]

On 5/11/06, Charles E Rick Taylor IV <rick@rickandpatty.com> wrote:
> After the keyboard on my JVC MiniNote started acting up, I decided to go
> back to Thinkpads for my main notebook and got an X31 (2884-BRU).  So
> far, I'm very pleased with the support - nearly everything I've tried
> has worked out-of-the-box (3D accel, suspend, hibernate, wireless, wired
> ethernet, USB2, etc.)
>
> I notice that most of the Fn-Fx combinations produce acpi events.
>
> Fn-F1 gives me "ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001001"
> Fn-F5 (wireless) "gives me ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001005"
>
> But one combo that doesn't generate an event is Fn-F7 (display), which
> as far as I can tell does nothing at all on my stock Breezy install
> (ACPI enabled).  I can toggle the LCD and CRT via the command line with
> radeontool, but how can I bind that to Fn-F7?
>
> I suppose I could bind a script to Fn-F1, but I'd rather have the
> labeled key work as advertised.  Any hints?

first turn off ibm-acpi handling of Fn-F7 if possible.  then enable
the "bioshotkeys" option in your xorg.conf.

Alex

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