help to test laptop

[Fernan Aguero]

+----[ Matthew Kuiken <matt.kuiken at verizon.net> (03.Sep.2006 01:47):
|
| I accidentally replied directly to you last time. I hope you don't mind 
| that I brought it back to the list.

I don't.

| Fernan Aguero wrote:
| >+----[ Matthew Kuiken <matt.kuiken at verizon.net> (28.Aug.2006 13:21):
| >|
| >| >	a. how can I capture keycodes so I can better
| >| >	describe keys that are not being mapped or are not
| >| >	working?
| >| >  
| >| 
| >| Open a terminal and type 'xev'. It is part of the 'xev' package in case 
| >| it is not installed by default.
| >| While xev is running, any key press will be shown in the terminal window.
| >
| >Thanks for the suggestion ... but seems like xev only shows
| >keypresses for keys that are already mapped ... in my dell
| >Fn + Esc is mapped to 'Standby' (in Windows XP), and is
| >labeled accordingly ... but in ubuntu it does nothing and it
| >is not detected by xev eiter ... whereas Fn + F4 (Numlock)
| >works fine and is also detected by xev ...
 
| I should have directed you to this page:
| https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch

Great! This is what I was looking for ... will try to
complete the wiki page for my laptop with the missing
keycodes.

| Anyway, this is probably one of those keys that generates acpi events. 
| Look at section 3 on the above page.

Yes, that's it. Thanks!

Fernan

| I'm leaving the rest of the quote so that others can see the thread.
| 
| -Matt
|
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