Acer 3400LMI manual Configuration procedure, Key-codes

F8­x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi

Button

Mail

WWW

P1

P2

Fn­F1

Fn­F2

Fn­F3

Fn­F4

Fn­F5

Fn­F6

Fn­F7

Fn­F8

Fn­Home

Fn­End

Fn­up

Fn­down

Fn­left

Fn­right

Bluetooth

WLAN

Work

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Config
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xx E-mail button, ex: launch Thunderbird

xx WWW button, ex: launch Firefox x x x User button, ex: launch NetBeans

xx x User button, ex: launch VMware

xx x User button, ex:

xx x User button, ex:

xx x User button, ex:

Sleep-button recognized by ACPI.

xx Toggle external display, XF86Display Dim display, no configuration needed Toggle touch-pad, no configuration needed

xx Toggle mute

Go home (XF86Home)

Go to end (XF86End)

xx Volume raise

xx Volume lower

Brightness lighter, no configuration needed Brightness darker, no configuration needed No configuration needed

No configuration needed

8.1 Configuration procedure

It is a tedious procedure to find out the proper scan­codes, Linux key­codes and X key­codes. Yes, on top of the scan­codes there are both Linux and X key­codes to keep track of. I probably have it all confused, but here is how I did it:

8.1.1 X key-codes

1.Start by finding out what key­codes X already knows of. Here xev is a valuable friend. The buttons that had key codes configured by default for

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