KubuntuLaptopKeycodes

Keycode/hal events for laptop keys

We have done KubuntuLaptopButtons spec for Edgy and would like to improve it even further for Feisty (see KubuntuFeistyLaptop) and would like to get more reports on keycodes and HAL events from laptop users.

Please add your notebook (with your nick) to this table - if you have a key which is not listed yet, please add new row. If you get report, put it into table in following format: keycode / event:

Key

XF86 keysym

HP nw8240
LukaRenko

Toshiba A10 Satellite
Hobbsee

Maxdata ECO4500A
Hugelmopf

Prestigio Visconte 1200
JindrichPozlovsky

Dell Latitude D600
Allee

Acer Travelmate 8100
['JoolsSmyth']

Dell Inspiron 6400
FranciscoBorges

Airis Signum AG-408S (Desktop)
MachinShin

Dell Inspiron 5100
NaelMasood

Compaq Presario C304NR
RichardJohnson

Apple iBook G4
FrodeDoeving

ASUS A6KmQ007H
Nikoo

DELL Inspiron 640m
MaleqAlhaq

Acer Travelmate 3212WXWmi
LucaBeltrame

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V3505
JacquesLouisKreiss

Apple Macbook Pro
AnthonyMercatante

"Dell Inspiron 1520"
goodtimetribe

Sleep

XF86Standby

223 / sleep

223 /sleep

sleep

sleep

223 / sleep

223 / sleep

165

223 / sleep

165 / XF86Sleep

Hibernate

XF86Sleep

165 / hibernate

165

-

Available, works, no keycode

n/a

n/a

Battery/Power modes

XF86LaunchB

241 / battery

241

241

241 / battery

-

241 / XF86LaunchB

n/a

241 / XF86LaunchB

Info

XF86Launch0

245 / info

n/a

-

n/a

245 / help

key exists (Fn+F1) but doesn't return no keycode

n/a

Presentation

XF86LaunchC

205 / presentation

n/a

n/a

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mute

XF86AudioMute

160 / mute

160

160

160 / mute

160

160

160 / mute

160 / mute

160

? / mute

160 / nosymbol

160 / Mute On/Off

160

160

160 / Mute On/Off

160

160 XF86AudioMute

Volume Down

XF86AudioLowerVolume

174 / volumedown

174

174 / volumedown

174

174

174 / volumedown

174 / volumedown

174

? / vol+

174 / nosymbol

174 / volumedown

174

174

174 / Volume down

174

174 / XF86AudioLowerVolume

Volume Up

XF86AudioRaiseVolume

176 / volumeup

176

176 / volumeup

176

176

176 / volumeup

176 / volumeup

176

? / vol-

176 / nosymbol

176 / volume up

176

176

176 / Volume up

176

176 / XF86AudioRaiseVolume

Play Pause

XF86AudioPause

162

162 / playpause

162 / playrestart

162

n/a

162 / XF86AudioPause

Next Track

XF86AudioNext

153

153 / nextsong

153 / nextrack

153

n/a

153 / XF86AudioNext

Previous Track

XF86AudioPrev

144

144 / previoussong

144 / prevtrack

144

n/a

144 / XF86AudioPrev

Stop

XF86AudioStop

164

164 / stopcd

164 / stop

164

n/a

164 / XF86AudioStop

Lock screen

XF86Lock

146

n/a

-

146 / doesn't work

NA

There is a key (Fn+F4) for shutting down the LCD screen (Windows). Doesn't work, no keycode.

Switch Monitor

?

170

-

n/a

no number

works, no keycode

170

works, no keycode

key exists (Fn+F3) but doesn't work, no keycode.

Eject CD/DVD

XF86Eject

no keycode

204

-

204

204 / nosymbol

204

n/a

204

Brightness Up

212

no keycode

212

-

? / bright+

212 / nosymbol

works, no keycode and nosymbol

212

works, no keycode

239 (really!) / works but no symbol

212 / nosymbol

212

Brightness Down

no keycode

239

101

-

? / bright-

101 / nosymbol

works, no keycode and nosymbol

101

239

works but no keycode

101 / nosymbol

101

Cut

188 / cut

NA

n/a

Copy

248 / copy

NA

n/a

Paste

192 / paste

NA

n/a

Calculator

XF86Calculator

161 / calc

NA

n/a

Internet (browser)

XF86HomePage

130 / homepage

178 / doesn't work

doesn't work

NA

178 / XF86WWW / does nothing

e-mail

XF86Mail

236 / mail

236 / XF86Mail / launch kmail

NA

236 / XF86Mail / launch kmail

Search

122 / find

NA

n/a

Back

XF86Back

234 / back

doesn't work

NA

n/a

Forward

XF86Forward

233 / forward

doesn't work

NA

n/a

Favorites/Bookmarks

XF86Favorites

230 / bookmarks

NA

n/a

Note: list of available XF86 keysyms is available in the /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB file (part of libx11-data package).

How to get keycode?

You can get keycode by running xev program from command line (terminal/Konsole) and then pressing the special laptop keys and searching for keycode, for example output:

KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x5000001,
    root 0x76, subw 0x0, time 1400690129, (70,50), root:(74,102),
    state 0x0, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff10, XF86Standby), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x5000001,
    root 0x76, subw 0x0, time 1400690129, (70,50), root:(74,102),
    state 0x0, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff10, XF86Standby), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:

An easier way to do this is to run:

xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '/keycode /s/^.*keycode \([0-9]*\).* (.*, \(.*\)).*$/\1 \2/p'

This will only output pressed keycode and currently assigned keysym, for example:

160 XF86AudioMute
174 XF86AudioLowerVolume
176 XF86AudioRaiseVolume

How to get HAL events?

You can get HAL events by running lshal -m program from command line (terminal/Konsole) and the pressing special laptop keys which will generate output like this:

Start monitoring devicelist:
-------------------------------------------------
platform_i8042_i8042_Kbd_Port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = sleep
platform_i8042_i8042_Kbd_Port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = battery
platform_i8042_i8042_Kbd_Port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = help
platform_i8042_i8042_Kbd_Port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = presentation
platform_i8042_i8042_Kbd_Port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = mute
platform_i8042_i8042_Kbd_Port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = volumedown
platform_i8042_i8042_Kbd_Port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = volumeup

What if the key does not produce keycode / HAL event?

You should check LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch page for details how to get this addressed.

Developer's TODO List

  • Add missing keycode -> xkeysym mappings: XF86HomePage, XF86Lock (what xkeysym to use)?

  • Add missing default actions: Lock, Favorites
  • Diagnose and fix XF86WWW which does not get properly processed

  • Try to pre-configure Firefox to work out of the box (similar to Konqueror)

User Comments & Notes

Please add your comments here and add your name.

Notes

Travelmate 8100 Notes: I have a wireless button. To get it to work I had to first edit the hotkeys-setup (/usr/share/hotkeys-setup/acer.hk) and add the lines

setkeycodes    e055    $KEY_F13           # Orange        Wireless On (hardware, led, informational only)
setkeycodes    e056    $KEY_F14           # Orange        Wireless Off (hardware, led, informational only)

then I could set up the keycodes in X with xmodmap to ifup/ifdown the wlan.

keycode 182 = XF86User1KB
keycode 183 = XF86User2KB

Would be nice if these buttons could be used "out of the box". Although perhaps to leave it to the user in kde as to how they manage the actual buttons

Dell Inspiron 6400 Notes:

  • [1]:Wifi key behavior is configurable at the BIOS.
  • [2]:It takes a while and then it prints:

acpi_BAT0 property battery.voltage.current = 12562 (0x3112)

HP Compaq NX9005 Notes:

  • It seems that I can't even check the keycodes of the Search, Lock, Help and Wireless buttons on this laptop - tried: xev, lshal, showkey, check acpi events from log, KDE hotkey assign. Other buttons, like "XF86WWW", XF86Mail, XF86AudioRaiseVolume, XF86AudioLowerVolume work without problems.
  • Laptop: Hewlett-Packard HP nx9005 (DJ163A) KAM1.58

Travelmate 3212WXWmi Notes:

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro Edition V3505:

  • Has a wireless hotkey (that does Wifi + Bluetooth on/off under Windows). Doesn't work out of the box in Feisty Herd 4. Returns no keycode in xev. Returns this in dmesg:
    [ 306.976000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
    [ 306.976000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.
  • Has a wireless on/off key accessible through Fn+F10. Doesn't work in Feisty Herd 4. Returns no keycode in xev. Returns this in dmesg (same as wireless hotkey):
    [  881.612000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
    [  881.612000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.
  • Info key (Fn+F1): dmesg returns this:
    [ 1740.488000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xa5 on isa0060/serio0).
    [ 1740.488000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e025 <keycode>' to make it known.
  • Lock screen key (Fn+F4): dmesg returns nothing.
  • Switch monitor key (Fn+F3): dmesg returns this:
    [ 1984.336000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xa9 on isa0060/serio0).
    [ 1984.336000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e029 <keycode>' to make it known.
  • Brightness up key (Fn+F9): dmesg returns nothing...
  • Brightness down key (Fn+F8): dmesg returns this:
    [ 2075.752000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0).
    [ 2075.752000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059 <keycode>' to make it known.

Lenovo ThinkPad X61:

See http://www.thinkwiki.org/Installing_Ubuntu_8.10_(Intrepid_Ibex)_on_a_ThinkPad_X61 for a table of keycodes for the Lenovo ThinkPad X61.

KubuntuLaptopKeycodes (last edited 2009-03-02 11:17:29 by 195-241-206-92)