Function Keys

[Dominique Michel]

Le Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:05:59 +0100,
Markus Luckey <xorg at code-resource.de> a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> I have some trouble with my function keys (FN+XF86AudioLowerVolume, ...).
> They are well detected and generate keycodes (170/174), but once pressed,
> they do not stop to repeat the generation of the keycodes (pressed, released, 
> pressed, released, ...).
> 
> I have an Amilo L1300 Notebook, runing debian with xorg 7.1.
> 
> -- snip xorg.conf --
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "kbd"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "inet"
>         #Option         "XkbModel"      "pc105"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "de"
>         #Option         "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
>         Option          "XkbOptions"    "lv3:ralt_switch"
> EndSection
> 
> -- snip xorg.conf --
> 
> I did try many other configurations (models, layouts, etc..) but this did not 
> change anything besides that sometimes I could not use the buttons at all.
> Surprisingly I threw in a kubuntu (6.10) disk, booted it and was dazzled by 
> functioning Fn keys.. I did copy all their configuration, but had no success.
> 
> Has anyone an idea how to solve this problem?

Maybe at this howto can help you:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys

Ciao,
Dominique