• From: Scotland, Cold
  • Registered: 2009-01-17
  • Posts: 850

Topic: Cruncheee 701 4G - Fn Keys issue

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Whenever I try to use a fn key, it's as if it is also activating the one next to it.

Example: I press Fn+f2 to turn wifi off, and the thing suspends (as if I pressed Fn+f1) as well as turning wifi off. (upon resume, wifi is off, so to turn it back on, I need to do this again, which suspends again..)

Also, brightness keys seem to war over each other and it won't really raise or lower easily or reasonably.

I have tried the elmurato scripts (now know as the Eeeasy scripts) and this has no effect (though I can turn wifi on/off with the elmurato scripts config tool.)

Any suggestions?

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  • Registered: 2009-02-18
  • Posts: 591

Re: Cruncheee 701 4G - Fn Keys issue

It's strange... I have an eeepc 900 which is very similar to eeepc 701 and all (most important) Fn-key works fine.
Though I don't use Chruncheee, but CrunchBang Lite + some apps with emlurato script and wicd.

Try this combination on an external sd card, and see if there are any changes...

Possibly you need to change the eeePCs keymap or what ever it is called. Similar problem I had, while installing UBUNTU on a Macbook - I think you need to google a bit (maybe ubuntu forum? -- installing ubuntu on eeepc?).

In Gnome and KDE you can change the keymap in GUI menu, I don't think it is possible in crunchbang but there must be a conf file where these changes should be done.

hope this helps a litte smile
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update smile

OK, so I did some research in my notes smile

So the conf file that I think should be changed is /etc/X11/xorg.conf
where you need to add what is below:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "kbd"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "pl"
        Option          "XkbVariant"    ",std_comma,phonetic"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    "grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
EndSection

Line - Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105" - needs to be modified so the keyboard map matches your eeepc, same with line  Option          "XkbLayout"     "pl" where "pl" you should change for "en" or what ever your native language is.


Maybe it will help smile

Last edited by klanger (2009-04-06 08:10:48)

  • From: Scotland, Cold
  • Registered: 2009-01-17
  • Posts: 850

Re: Cruncheee 701 4G - Fn Keys issue

I don't know what I did (it wasn;t what you suggested) but everything is working fine now.

I was messing about witha  few options, but never actually did the entirety of one of them.

Doesn't matter, it all works!! : D

Ex-KDE user.
Collects old PC's (Coz he can't afford new ones =P)
Crunchbang @ Distrowatch
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