Hi Travis, Sounds like you're looking for the keyboard troubleshooting section of the wiki:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting#Problem involves missing support for some keyboard keys On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 05:17:41AM +1000, Travis Place wrote: > Hi all, > > First of all, im not on the mailing list, so please post replies to my > address. > > I have been tracking down a problem on my (K)Ubuntu installs for a few days, > and found out what the issue is.. > > Basically, on my HP DV2839TX laptop, if i press the button to disable/enable > the touchpad, the event XF86Launch0 is triggered, and this causes KMilo (in > kubuntu) and something else (cant remember the name) in Ubuntu to crash. This > then stops all my other "extra" keys on my laptop from working. I believe the > problem lies in hotkey-setup, and my laptop seems to use 'hp.hk' file. > > Also, of all the buttons on this laptop, 2 have never worked (in Ubuntu or > Kubuntu) and they are the 'Quickplay' and 'DVD' buttons. > > So i guess, my question is, how can I a) aid in getting this issue resolved > for this model laptop, and change the event trigged on pressing certain > buttons b) do it myself. > > Thanks in advance, > Travis Place (wishie) > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss