HARDWARE IBM ThinkPad Z61p / Xmodmap sample

From Gentoo Linux Wiki

You need to compile some stuff to your kernel (or kernel modules) to get this working. I think the following will do:

CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y

Once done and rebooted (or modprobed if you used modules instead), enable the keys (as root):

/bin/echo enable,0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey

Now you can use xmodmap to map the special keys.

keycode 159 = XF86LaunchA
keycode 234 = F19
keycode 233 = F20
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev

Note: The first entry, 159/XF86LaunchA does not work out of the box, you may need TPB to get it working (further described bellow).

Instead of F19/F20 (good for custom commands) you can put XF86Back/XF86Forward (good for built-in commands in programs). Once saved, you can load the map:

xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

[edit] ThinkVantage button

The 159/XF86LaunchA did not work for me so I followed the steps in ThinkWiki's guide and made a acpi script.

emerge -aq acpid

You'll need acpid to proceed. Now for the acpid event...

event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001018
action=/etc/acpi/thinkpad_thinkvantage.sh

And the script...

#!/bin/bash
# TODO: Do your stuff here, I couldn't get acpi_fakekey working with X but it still might be usefull.

[edit] See also

• HOWTO Use Multimedia Keys
• HARDWARE Asus F3SV with acpi_fakekey source code

[edit] External links

• Thinkwiki's page on getting the keys to work