Description of problem: The Following behavior happens when I try to use the Fn Keys on the laptop Fn+F1=Sleep (Works) Fn+F2=Wireless Off (Doesn't Work) Fn+F7=LCD Off (Works) fn+F8=LCD/Display (Not Sure) Fn+F10=Mute (Doesn't Work) Fn+F11=Vol. Up (Doesn't Work) Fn+F12=Vol. Down (Doesn't Work) How reproducible: Install Fedora 10 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Press the Fn Keys mentioned above Actual results: None Expected results: Have functional FN keys Additional Information: I have tried to configure the keyboard using system>preferences>hardware>keyboard and selected ASUS laptop keyboard from the menu. The function keys work under ubuntu 8.04 with no problem.
acpi is not the correct component for this issue. Reassigning
Hello, if the sound control isn't implemented directly in hw, then fn keys usually generate acpi events. This events can by caught by acpid or other watcher (gnome-power-manager etc.). So, do Fn+F1[012] keys generate any acpi events? You can see them if you disable acpid and rerun it in a debug mode (don't forget to paste an output here). $ service acpid stop $ acpid -d Try to push fn keys. What desktop environment do you use?
I have got an Asus F3F and I have the same problem. Just some notes... Fn keys generate acpi events and I'm able to catch them (try acpi_listen). Actually I solved configuring them manually in /etc/acpi/events and then using acpi-keys by Vincent Untz (http://www.gnome.org/~vuntz/code/acpi-keys-0.2.tar.gz). This basically emulates a "normal" system raising XF86 codes. I must admit that this way is very handy since this events can be configured in Kde4 (and I guess Gnome as well). So to sum up, it's possible to configure them in a proper way, it just would be nice to have this done automatically (e.g. *buntu do this pretty well). Let me know if you need more information.
Probably there is missing keymap for this laptop series in HAL's fdi files. So, reassigning the bug to hal.
I've just upgraded to rawhide, volume keys now works correctly! However, there are some keys that are still not recognized (brightness, play/pause...). I couldn't find how the bug has been fixed, I'd like to provide more information if necessary.
Uhm... multimedia keys are actually recognized (even though qt doesn't support my multimedia stop key and a couple of others...) Keys that don't work are so: - brightness ones: -- up: video LCDD 00000086 -- down: video LCDD 00000087 (It's weird, however, that they don't trigger any hotkey ATKD *) - "speed key" (I really don't know its real name... :D) hotkey ATKD 0000005c - touchpad on/off hotkey ATKD 0000006b - screen key hotkey ATKD 0000008a The most annoying actually are the brightness ones. I can say that the others are not mapped to any XF86 code since they don't trigger any binding in kde nor any qt-related error.
I just installed Fedora 11 Final. This bug seems to be finally fixed! Thanks for all the replies.