lcd luminosity keys disabled
Hello everybody,
For a couple of weeks (probably after an update as I'm using testing) I
cannot setup the luminosity of my HP laptop's screen : the dedicated key
combinations ("Fn" + F7 and "Fn" + F8) don't do their job anymore. I
suspect they are intercepted somehow by a program (I'm using gnome 2.18
and xorg 7.3) but my knowledge of X key binding is very poor. I didn't
find a similar problem with google. Still I particulary suspect gnome
because it can usefully intercept for example "Fn" + F3 (= "www" key
recognize by gnome as "0xb2") to launch iceweasel.
Does anyone have some clue to enable these keys once again ?
Thank you for your answers and please forget my english mistakes.
Pierre H.
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Re: lcd luminosity keys disabled
Hey,
thank you for your interest in this problem.
Indeed Roberts, the kernel was recently update in testing, from 2.6.21
to 2.6.22. I was able to briefly restart with the 2.6.21 still installed
(but only with a console because of nvidia proprietary driver which
require recompilation) but the keys were not working. Still if I
remember well, things start not to work before this kernel update.
I've also just tested the xev program mentionned by Celejar. Indeed, my
www key ("Fn" + F3) throw an event but not the 2 luminosity keys. Can
this be changed my a software configuration ?
I'm sure I've never installed a specific module for those keys to work.
In fact I thought (and I still wonder if) the functionnality was
directly taken in charge by the motherboard because it works the same
way under win XP as under Linux (when it worked). That's why I said I
suspected a program to "intercept" the key, thus preventing the signal
from reaching the motherboard. This was my empirical interpretation but
I'm maybe seeing things a wrong way.
Still, is there a place where keys are enabled or disabled ?
Pierre
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Re: lcd luminosity keys disabled
Le samedi 13 octobre 2007 à 09:02 -0600, Robert Gomulka a écrit : > Could you try: > lsmod | grep video > and > modprobe video > if the first command does not return anything? > > Regards, > Robert > > Thank you very much, it works ! Can you briefly explain me what is this module ? I've never heard of it before. May it also modify the contrast, the white temperature (the white is awfully too blue on this HP laptop lcd) I guess I can now execute echo "video" > /etc/modules It's the first time I use a debian mailing and it is a very pleasant experience. Thank you all for your help. Pierre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
