HOWTO: Toshiba Fn-Key with FnFX

[amandla]

Purpose: Getting Fn-keys on toshiba laptops to work using FnFX

FnFX is not in the repositories, so you will have to compile/install it manually.

1- Download the tar file here, select Download source.

2-

• cd <to dir where you downloaded the file>
• gunzip fnfx-<version number>.tar.gz
• tar -xfv fnfx-<version number>.tar
• cd fnfx-<version number>
• ./configure
• make
• sudo make install

3- sudo mkdir /etc/fnfx/

4- sudo cp /usr/local/etc/fnfx/* /etc/fnfx/

5- cp /etc/fnfx/fnfxrc_example /home/<your user name>/.fnfxrc

now to run the daemon
sudo fnfxd

for configuration options and more info please refer to fnfx doc here

now there might be a few bugs in this HOWTO since it is my first one EVER . Please keep in might the since fnfx is not in the repositories, i have no clue what it will do to warty ... USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. If it makes you feel better, it seems to work fine on my system

[niels]

now to run the daemon
sudo fnfxd

I have just tryed to install fnfx with the above description. Everyting went well until I would run the deamon. I got the following error messge:

root@niels:/home/niels/Pakker/fnfx-0.3 # fnfxd
FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>

fatal error: Could open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.

Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the ACPI section.
For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.


I am pretty sure, that I have enabled Toshiba support, but how do I test or see this? The folder /proc/acpi/toshiba/ does not eksist!?!
If it is not enabled, how do I do it?

/Niels

[barbarian]

Does it work only for Toshiba?
On my Fujitsu-Siemens I have Fn key also..

[Grant]

Purpose: Getting Fn-keys on toshiba laptops to work using FnFX

FnFX is not in the repositories, so you will have to compile/install it manually.

1- Download the tar file here, select Download source.

2-

• cd <to dir where you downloaded the file>
• gunzip fnfx-<version number>.tar.gz
• tar -xfv fnfx-<version number>.tar
• cd fnfx-<version number>
• ./configure
• make
• sudo make install

3- sudo mkdir /etc/fnfx/

4- sudo cp /usr/local/etc/fnfx/* /etc/fnfx/

5- cp /etc/fnfx/fnfxrc_example /home/<your user name>/.fnfxrc

now to run the daemon
sudo fnfxd

for configuration options and more info please refer to fnfx doc here

now there might be a few bugs in this HOWTO since it is my first one EVER . Please keep in might the since fnfx is not in the repositories, i have no clue what it will do to warty ... USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. If it makes you feel better, it seems to work fine on my system

Note: this will NOT work on some Toshiba laptops, specifically the ones that use a Phoenix BIOS. Toshiba doesn't actually make those laptops, they just rebadge them. So I'm stuck with a Satelite A70 that has almost no power management support.

[caspian]

I've installed FnFX, but I can't figure out how to use it. I do Fn+F3, which is suppoed to suspend to RAM... but it does nothing. I checked in /etc/fnfx/fnfxd.conf and noticed that the Fn+F3 command was commented out, so I uncommented it. Still nothing.

Is there something special I need to do to configure it?

I'm using a Toshiba Tecra M2.

[Verplrke]

I have just tryed to install fnfx with the above description. Everyting went well until I would run the deamon. I got the following error messge:

root@niels:/home/niels/Pakker/fnfx-0.3 # fnfxd
FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>

fatal error: Could open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.

Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the ACPI section.
For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
/Niels

I have the exact same problem, but how do you test or fix this issue?

[madi]

Guys i have this problem and i dont know what does it mean

[user@localhost ~]$ fnfx
FnFX Client v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>

fatal error: Could not get id of semaphore with key 0x822155648.



Could somebody help.

[Skerious]

I have the exact same problem, but how do you test or fix this issue?

I have the same problem....waiting for help....

[Skerious]

http://memebeam.org/toys/ToshibaAcpiDriver


found that but don't know how to install it or whatever.

[vgrisham]

The post regarding the Toshiba Tecra M3 at this site got my keys working.