Ubuntu doesnt recognise my F3, F4 buttons?

**Psyphre** · June 22nd, 2009

update:

Ive had alot of success mapping alot of the keys (thanks to you tgalati4).
F13-F19 are now working for alot of functions I wanted.
Yet strangely F3 and F4 still dont work. Ive even mapped them using the same method. Yet it just wont work.

**tgalati4** · June 22nd, 2009

Is F3 or F4 tied to audio volume or screen brightness?

**Psyphre** · June 22nd, 2009

Originally Posted by tgalati4

Is F3 or F4 tied to audio volume or screen brightness?

Nope. ACtually most of my F keys are tied to brightness, audio control, volume, cd eject etc and they all work fine. Yet F3 and F4 arent tied to anything and dont. Its so bizzare!

**tgalati4** · June 22nd, 2009

In a terminal:

dmesg | tail

Note the time (in seconds of the last line)

In another terminal:

Press F3 and F4 a few times and repeat the above command and note the differences.

Also:

cd
cat .xsession-errors

Look for lines like:

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioStop: another client may already have done so

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioRaiseVolume: another client may already have done so

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioLowerVolume: another client may already have done so

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioMute: another client may already have done so

**Psyphre** · June 22nd, 2009

Originally Posted by tgalati4

In a terminal:

dmesg | tail

Note the time (in seconds of the last line)

In another terminal:

Press F3 and F4 a few times and repeat the above command and note the differences.

Also:

cd
cat .xsession-errors

Look for lines like:

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioStop: another client may already have done so

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioRaiseVolume: another client may already have done so

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioLowerVolume: another client may already have done so

** WARNING **: Couldn't grab XF86AudioMute: another client may already have done so

Hi, thanks for going to this trouble, I appreciate it.

I have tried what you suggested but I always get the same output:

Code:

[19263.673393] wlan1: associated
[19263.682102] wlan1: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[19296.420834] wlan1: authenticate with AP 00:1c:df:e3:78:ff
[19296.422339] wlan1: authenticated
[19296.422342] wlan1: associate with AP 00:1c:df:e3:78:ff
[19296.424845] wlan1: RX ReassocResp from 00:1c:df:e3:78:ff (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[19296.424847] wlan1: associated
[27990.248766] npviewer.bin[20037]: segfault at 13 ip 00000000f6ea81b7 sp 00000000ff848584 error 4 in libflashplayer.so[f67f0000+96d000]
[28401.795189] npviewer.bin[20052]: segfault at ff9bea2c ip 00000000ff9bea2c sp 00000000ff8fe49c error 14
[28778.110587] npviewer.bin[20125]: segfault at ff9bea2c ip 00000000ff9bea2c sp 00000000fff1815c error 14

even when pressing f3 and f4. No changes. Infact I tried other F keys and no changes between the 2 either.

I also tried your
cd
cat .xsession-errors

and it gave a huuuuuuuuuge list and said there were too many to display.

**tgalati4** · June 22nd, 2009

less .xession-errors

That will allow you to page through the errors. Start at the top and take note of the major ones. Control-C to exit. Use the spacebar to go forward, backspace to go back or use the arrow keys.

**Psyphre** · July 3rd, 2009

well ive got everything working thanks. Except f3 and f4. I guess I'm just gonna have to live with it. Thanks though for the help, i got alot of the other keys mapped and working.