[ltp] Volume buttons for T61p

m h linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 31 May 2008 00:22:58 -0600


On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Cherife Li <cherife@dotimes.com> wrote:
> On 05/31/08 01:03, m h wrote:
>>
>> Is anyone running KDE4 on T61p.  I just got mine a week or so ago am
>> running gentoo.  I thought I'd give KDE4 a whirl (normally use KDE3).
>> So far I am somewhat underwhelmed by it, but since I only really use
>> amarok, konsole, konqueror, and kopete, I thought I could get by.
>>
>> Has anyone been able to get the volume control buttons working in
>> KDE4?  (Using xmodmap and kmix I've can get mute to sometimes work).
>> I guess I'll ask about KDE3 too, since I'll probably go ahead and
>> install it?
>>
> I'm running fluxbox within Slackware on a t61.
> The sound keys won't work the same here. Also, the same problem with the
> bluetooth led the brightness keys.
> These issues are talked somewhere, you could google.

Have googled (hence the xmodmap), haven't found too many solutions
mostly problems and nothing KDE4 specific.

Obviously the SuSE people have dealt with this at the OS/desktop
integration level....  Just wondering if others have done it manually.

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