[08:15] Hi! I want to buy Sony VGN FZ21. It is good a choice for Ubuntu? [14:44] hello [14:45] I'm searching info about how the function keys work on ubuntu. [14:45] which is the application which manages the events raised by the function keys? [14:45] how they work or how to configure them? [14:46] how do they work, thus: how do the event pass from the function key press towards the appropriate device [14:47] and which are the actors of the process. [14:48] what is it that you are tryint to do? [14:48] i'm trying to use them. from the brightness, towards the lock session [14:49] from the brightness, towards the lock session...didnt get you! [14:50] i mean: no function key works, on my keyboard. so I would like to have them working. [14:51] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultimediaKeys [14:52] k, that's a good entry point. [15:09] mh, I've got another question: some keys are not shown in xev, when I press them. but they're however binded to some event, because they raise some windows (ie. the brightness keys) [15:09] ( or the suspend to RAM/disk ones) [15:09] going to a real console, I cannot see any message from the atkbd.c code. so I don't know which symbol is linked to each key. [15:09] I also suppose that they're currently managed by some actor, but I cannot guess who. [15:10] check dmesg [15:11] u say that xev doesnt read your keypress? [15:11] no luck. it doesnt print any info. yeah, that's it. no trace on xev [15:11] no trace at all. [15:11] it's like I haven't had that key. [15:13] ask me...i got about 5 keys like that :p [15:14] we are lucky, indeed. :-) [15:14] what is your laptop brand model & version of ubuntu? [15:14] is it updated to the date? [15:15] I have discovered another thing. some fn+key shortcuts are mapped onto existing keys on the keyboard [15:16] 7.10 [15:16] toshiba L40 [15:16] so what's ur normal keys to adjust lets say contrast? [15:21] I have no contrast keys. only the brightness ones. but in that case, they're mapped to a keysim. [15:21] instead, I haven't the keys from F2 to F5 [15:22] and F8,F9 [15:22] what happens if u press fn+f6? [15:22] a small box appears, with a sun inside :-) gnome-brightness-applet, I guess [15:22] but it adjusted ur brightness ? [15:23] oh, I forgot F1, which coincides with Super_L. no, the gnome-brightness-applet is dumb, apparently [15:23] (it doesn't propagate the info to the underlaying software layer) [15:23] so Fn+F1 doesnt perfor scren lock? [15:24] s/perfor/perform [15:24] no. at least, until I do not map Super_L to screen lock [15:24] :-) [15:24] ok [15:25] sorry i got somewhat lost here...what exactly is not working now on your laptop? [15:26] all the function keys. except for the brightness ones, which are detected by the gnome-brightness-applet. but they do not effectively change the brightness [15:27] well, re, I'm going. thank you for the help, and have a good luck for your ones. :-) [15:27] i've given up on them! :P [15:27] anyway cheers