How can I add missing Fn-key controls?

Posted by Alex Ball on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Alex Ball
Published on 2012-09-27T15:26:59Z Indexed on 2012/09/27 15:50 UTC
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I have a Toshiba NB200 netbook. The majority of the Fn-key controls come through fine and are recognized by my OS (I'm running Kubuntu 12.04/KDE 4.9) but according to the markings on my keyboard there are a few more that xev isn't detecting, i.e.

  • Fn + F9 (touchpad toggle)
  • Fn + 1 (increase screen resolution)
  • Fn + 2 (decrease screen resolution)
  • Fn + Space (zoom)

Now, I don't particularly need those last three but I thought it would be quite useful to remap them to, say, Media Previous, Media Next, and Media Play, but I can't do that if the signals aren't getting through.

Is there any way for me to persuade the OS to recognize these keystrokes? I've tried using acpi_listen to detect scancodes but it doesn't pick up any of function-related Fn-key strokes (like Audio Mute, which does work by the way).

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