On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:48:48 +0200 Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:45:52PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > Interesting; on my Acer Aspire 3690, the Fn key isn't seen at all by X, > > AFAICT; it doesn't show up in xev, either by itself or in combination > > not all keys on keyboards are 'keys': some might just flag the kb > controller internally to switch between symbol sets. In other words, > they're not designed to send kb-events. That's the usual case for <Fn>. > Some Fn-* combination translate to kb events, others (combinations or > special keys alone) don't - you need ad-hoc driver/sw (or via > ACPI/APM/IPC/...) to catch (and make use of) them.
Thanks for the clarification. > paolo Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
