Keyboard mapping for Dell Mobile Precision platforms

[Rezwanul_Kabir at Dell.com]

No, as I have mentioned Fn+F1 does produce a scancode in the text
console. So I'm pretty sure it produces a generic keyboard event..
The only Fn key combination that produecs an ACPI event in my system is
the Fn+Esc button which produces a SBTN event.. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org 
> [mailto:xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Alex Deucher
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 12:17 PM
> To: Kabir, Rezwanul
> Cc: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: Keyboard mapping for Dell Mobile Precision platforms
> 
> On 11/2/06, Rezwanul_Kabir at dell.com <Rezwanul_Kabir at dell.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Haven't seen any response yet... Anybody willing to provide 
> some hints 
> > to get me going . If it's not the right list to ask the 
> question, can 
> > anyone point me to the right one..
> 
> I suspect the fn-key codes are coming from acpi input events 
> and hence are not coming from the keyboard.  I don't know 
> what you need to do to make it all work though.
> 
> Alex
> 
> >
> > Thanks..
> >     --rez
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _____________________________________________
> > From:   Kabir, Rezwanul
> > Sent:   Wednesday, November 01, 2006 12:34 PM
> > To:     'xorg at lists.freedesktop.org'
> > Subject:        Keyboard mapping for Dell Mobile Precision platforms
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> >   I am trying to map some HotKeys into specific actions for Dell 
> > Mobile Precision systems. I have been able to do so quite 
> easily for 
> > the text console but  having problem with key mapping in Xwindows.
> >
> >  I am not very familiar with Xwindows code so pls help me out...
> >
> > Here's what I got:
> >
> >   kernel 2.6.18
> >   Fedora Core 5
> >   xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.0.1-8
> >
> > For example:
> >
> >  I would like to map Fn+F1 to "hibernate"
> >  From text console with 'showkey -s' , I find pressing 
> Fn+F1 generates e00a.
> > So it's quite from there to map it to any action.
> >
> >  But the problem is, when I fire up xserver and run 'xev'. 
> If I press 
> > Fn+F1, nothing shows up in the screen to tell me about any 
> > Xkeycode/keysym that is generated.
> >
> >   This tells me that the problem might be in mapping scancode --> 
> > Xkeycode in  the xf86PostKbdEvent() function in 
> > hw/xfree86/common/xf86Events.c
> >
> >    Is this the right way to fix it? If not what path should I take?
> >
> >    Any pointers/suggestions are welcome. I am willing to do 
> any coding 
> > to get it fixed.
> >
> >
> >    Thanks..
> >       --rez
> >
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