> > Grigory Fateyev (HE12025-08-09): > > I recently installed Debian Trixie on my new Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen3 > > (Intel Core i7-155H, Meteor Lake-P). While everything works smoothly > > under Xfce, my Fn keys (brightness, volume, etc.) stopped functioning > > after switching to i3wm. > > > > Could you advise on how to export the relevant Xfce configuration for > > these keys and apply it in i3wm? > > That is probably not possible. > > > Any troubleshooting steps or > > alternative solutions would also be greatly appreciated. > > This is the diagnosis method: > > Open a terminal and run “xev”, select the window that opens. Look at the > terminal, a lot of lines appear. Press one of the keys you want, and > look at what appears in the terminal at that exact time. > > If it is a “KeyPress event” and then a “KeyRelease event”, as I suspect, > it means that nobody is listening to these keys, they are just keys that > are transmitted to the application like F1 or menu.
I see these two blocks KeyPress/KeyRelease like you said but under Xfce and they work, but under i3wm nothing happened. Output is empty! > > If that is the case, you need to configure something to listen to these > keys and act accordingly. I do not know if i3 has built-in support for > user-defined keyboard shortcuts; otherwise you will need to use an > additional tool. Yes, i3 has keybinding. > > I also do not know what stand-alone tools are available on your system > to perform the actions associated with these keys. You will need to be > able to adjust the brightness or volume by command line before you can > bind it to a key. It's ok. > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas George > -- Best regards, Grigory
