Booted Ubuntu into my g74sx a few questions.

[Yisera]

Hello peeps!
I wanted to know if it is possible to get the fn+f1-f12 keys to work on ubuntu ( I have Quantal Quetzal upgrade(12.10))
so that I can light up my keyboard and go volume up/down, or just use brightness options.

Is there a way to disable the trackpad when I connect a mouse, just like on windows? Is there a trackpad driver to allow gestures?

Thanks in advance! 🙂

[Zygomorphic]

Spook50 wrote:
Hrmm, maybe I just wasn't looking closely enough. I got plenty of hits on Google for the actual process to remap keys, but nothing that I saw that showed what exact strings (ie, "amixer -q sset Master 3%+" for the Volume Up function) to actually remap the Function keys too. Obviously I haven't installed Ubuntu yet either, so I haven't been able to nose around in there.

No Ubuntu please, they are now installing phone-home software into the distro to generate revenue. Granted there is an opt-out option, but seriously???

[Gorman]

Spook50 wrote:
Hrmm, maybe I just wasn't looking closely enough. I got plenty of hits on Google for the actual process to remap keys, but nothing that I saw that showed what exact strings (ie, "amixer -q sset Master 3%+" for the Volume Up function) to actually remap the Function keys too. Obviously I haven't installed Ubuntu yet either, so I haven't been able to nose around in there.

Uh, the strings are what you want? Or how to remap keys?

It looks like you use xbindkeys to remap (there's a gui for it), and the strings? They are just console commands. I use alsa so I just read the man page to see how to change the volume from command line.

[danavsbelly]

good,google around you should find a generic way to remap keys, then you can just remap them as you please

[Spook50]

danavsbelly wrote:
good,google around you should find a generic way to remap keys, then you can just remap them as you please

I already had. Found plenty of guides detailing HOW to remap keys, but no luck finding the actual command strings that would result in the intended functions of the ASUS function keys.

[hildseller]

think.go to command line and type "key" then try tab complete it and you might get lucky .thank you