Comment 19 for bug 537763

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Luca Aluffi (aluffilu) wrote :

Adding "acpi_osi=Linux" to the grub's kernel boot parameters list helps, and most of the keys are taken into account. Even multimedia keys.

fn-SPACE belongs to the "Super Hybrid Engine" throttle control, which does not exist on the linux side.
fn-V could work if bound to an application for the camera (like cheese).
fn-C is for the screensaver, so could be bound like the CTRL-L standard action.

What really matter me, since I would like to switch between the built-in and the external monitor.They does not work, even if their keypress is reported by acpi.
You can check this by issuing the following command and then pressing the hotkeys:
$ lshal -m

I would like to open a specific bug for this last case.