[ltp] Re: Re: How to handle Fn-F5 and other special keys with latest kernels ?

[Frédéric Boiteux]

Le Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:54:27 -0300,
David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca> a écrit :

> At Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:27:00 +0200,
> Frédéric Boiteux wrote:
> > 
> > FYI, on latest kernels, the Fn-F5 no more generates an ACPI event,
> > only an input key event, brought by HAL. So the question is : how
> > to get this HAL / input key event to possibly call a dedicated
> > script, at the system level.
> 
> I use halevt for this kind of thing, although you might need a patch
> from the debian bug tracking system to make it distinguish between hot
> keys.
Thanks for the tip ! I'll try it, and try to update thinkwiki about it
if I can manage to use it.

	Fred.