[Solved - sort of] FN+Function keys problem

[russell.eberhardt]

fn and the side arrows in the number pad change brightness on mine.

Thanks for the suggestion but they don't work for me and, like the non working FN+F# keys, they give no KeyPress/KeyRelease events.

Russell

[russell.eberhardt]

In the past I used keytouch to control my fn keys (acer aspire). At some point my fn keys started working ok on their own, so I discontinued it. It worked for me at the time, it's in the repos.

Can't get that to work either.  The problem is not with the fn keys but with the combination FN+F2 etc where FN is a sort of shift key for the function keys.

Russell.

[russell.eberhardt]

I've marked this as "solved - sort of" as although I haven't solved it I have found a workaround.

I have installed Linux Mint on this machine and then PCLinuxOS in Virtualbox the special function keys now work while I'm running PCLinuxOS.  This allows me to use my favourite distro while being able to control the brightness and switch the wifi on and off for flight mode.

Russell.