My apologies - I've had another look at those instructions and here are my findings...
"hal-find-by-capability --capability input | xargs -n1 lshal -u" lists a few devices that look like they might be the right thing, these are: * info.product = 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard' (string) * info.product = 'Power Button (CM)' (string) * info.product = 'Sony Vaio Keys' (string) These correspond to the following (respectively): * /dev/input/event1 * /dev/input/event3 * /dev/input/event5 I tried using the mute button after attaching to all three of these devices in order (using "sudo input events <n>", for n=1,3,5), however none of these register the key press at all. I then tried acpi_listen and pressing the key. This time the ACPI event is registered as follows: sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000090 sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000010 When I press Fn+F5 (alternate action = brightness down), I get the following: sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000010 sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 0000003b ** Attachment added: "hal-find-by-capability --capability input | xargs -n1 lshal -u" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23196911/hal-find -- Broken keyboard shortcuts on Sony Vaio VGN-NS10J/S https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315830 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
