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    Toshiba Satellite C640 Function (Fn) Keys Not Working

    Hi everyone,

    I have a Toshiba Satellite C640 notebook running on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit version. While most of the things worked out of the box, some of the Fn (function) key combinations are not working.
    Fn+Esc - Mute/Unmute - Working
    Fn+F1 - Lock - Not working
    Fn+F3 - Suspend - Working
    Fn+F4 - Hibernate - Not working
    Fn+F6 - Brightness Increase - working
    Fn+F7 - Brightness decrease - working
    Fn+F8 - Switch on/off wireless - not working
    Fn+F11 - activate numberpad - working
    And some of the functions, I dont even know about them. I bought the laptop without Windows, I didn't want to waste my money on an OS which I was not going to use anyway...
    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Thank you.

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    Re: Toshiba Satellite C640 Function (Fn) Keys Not Working

    lshw output, if it helps...

    Code:
    abdulmajid-satellite-c640
        description: Notebook
        product: Satellite C640 (Calpella)
        vendor: TOSHIBA
        version: PSC02G-01400G
        serial: YB104399Q
        width: 64 bits
        capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
        configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=Intel_Mobile sku=Calpella uuid=A8085840-0BB9-11E1-8F13-00266CE60BF4
      *-core
           description: Motherboard
           product: Portable PC
           vendor: TOSHIBA
           physical id: 0
           version: Base Board Version
           serial: Base Board Serial Number
           slot: Base Board Chassis Location
         *-firmware
              description: BIOS
              vendor: INSYDE
              physical id: 0
              version: 2.00
              date: 06/28/2011
              size: 1MiB
              capacity: 1472KiB
              capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
         *-memory
              description: System Memory
              physical id: 18
              slot: System board or motherboard
              size: 4GiB
            *-bank:0
                 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
                 product: TSB1066D3S7ELF/2G
                 physical id: 0
                 serial: 8716AA78
                 slot: DIMM0
                 size: 2GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
            *-bank:1
                 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
                 physical id: 1
                 serial: 3306FA2A
                 slot: DIMM1
                 size: 2GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
         *-cpu
              description: CPU
              product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU       M 370  @ 2.40GHz
              vendor: Intel Corp.
              physical id: 24
              bus info: cpu@0
              version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU       M 370  @ 2.40GHz
              slot: CPU
              size: 933MHz
              capacity: 933MHz
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 1066MHz
              capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid cpufreq
              configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4
            *-cache:0
                 description: L3 cache
                 physical id: 25
                 slot: L3 Cache
                 size: 3MiB
                 capacity: 3MiB
                 capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified
            *-cache:1
                 description: L2 cache
                 physical id: 27
                 slot: L2 Cache
                 size: 256KiB
                 capacity: 256KiB
                 capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified
            *-cache:2
                 description: L1 cache
                 physical id: 28
                 slot: L1 Cache
                 size: 32KiB
                 capacity: 32KiB
                 capabilities: synchronous internal write-through instruction
         *-cache
              description: L1 cache
              physical id: 26
              slot: L1 Cache
              size: 32KiB
              capacity: 32KiB
              capabilities: synchronous internal write-through data
         *-pci:0
              description: Host bridge
              product: Core Processor DRAM Controller
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 100
              bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
              resources: irq:0
            *-display
                 description: VGA compatible controller
                 product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
                 version: 02
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                 configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
                 resources: irq:41 memory:d0000000-d03fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:4050(size=8)
            *-communication
                 description: Communication controller
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 16
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
                 version: 06
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=mei latency=0
                 resources: irq:16 memory:d6406100-d640610f
            *-usb:0
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1a
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
                 resources: irq:16 memory:d6405c00-d6405fff
            *-multimedia
                 description: Audio device
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1b
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
                 resources: irq:42 memory:d6400000-d6403fff
            *-pci:0
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1c
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:17 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:d5400000-d63fffff ioport:d0400000(size=16777216)
               *-network
                    description: Ethernet interface
                    product: AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet
                    vendor: Atheros Communications
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                    logical name: eth0
                    version: c1
                    serial: 00:26:6c:e6:0b:f4
                    capacity: 100Mbit/s
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                    configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
                    resources: irq:43 memory:d5400000-d543ffff ioport:3000(size=128)
            *-pci:1
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1c.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:d4400000-d53fffff ioport:d1400000(size=16777216)
               *-network
                    description: Wireless interface
                    product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
                    vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                    logical name: wlan0
                    version: 01
                    serial: e0:ca:94:97:49:3b
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.0.0-16-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
                    resources: irq:17 memory:d4400000-d440ffff
            *-pci:2
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1c.4
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:17 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:d3400000-d43fffff ioport:d2400000(size=16777216)
            *-usb:1
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1d
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
                 resources: irq:23 memory:d6405800-d6405bff
            *-pci:3
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1e
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
                 version: a5
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
            *-isa
                 description: ISA bridge
                 product: Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-storage
                 description: SATA controller
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
                 logical name: scsi1
                 logical name: scsi5
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
                 configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                 resources: irq:40 ioport:4048(size=8) ioport:405c(size=4) ioport:4040(size=8) ioport:4058(size=4) ioport:4020(size=32) memory:d6405000-d64057ff
               *-disk
                    description: ATA Disk
                    product: TOSHIBA MK5075GS
                    vendor: Toshiba
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/sda
                    version: GT00
                    serial: X17GS1A9S
                    size: 465GiB (500GB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0004486a
                  *-volume:0
                       description: EXT4 volume
                       vendor: Linux
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
                       logical name: /dev/sda1
                       logical name: /
                       version: 1.0
                       serial: aa70dcb4-7d4c-4c3a-86da-ed9f3420a102
                       size: 13GiB
                       capacity: 13GiB
                       capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                       configuration: created=2012-02-25 18:51:35 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-03-05 14:38:04 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-03-10 07:56:46 state=mounted
                  *-volume:1
                       description: Extended partition
                       physical id: 2
                       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2
                       logical name: /dev/sda2
                       size: 451GiB
                       capacity: 451GiB
                       capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                     *-logicalvolume:0
                          description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                          physical id: 5
                          logical name: /dev/sda5
                          capacity: 3814MiB
                          capabilities: nofs
                     *-logicalvolume:1
                          description: Linux filesystem partition
                          physical id: 6
                          logical name: /dev/sda6
                          logical name: /home
                          capacity: 448GiB
                          configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted
               *-cdrom
                    description: DVD-RAM writer
                    product: DVD-RAM UJ8B0
                    vendor: MATSHITA
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/cdrom
                    logical name: /dev/cdrw
                    logical name: /dev/dvd
                    logical name: /dev/dvdrw
                    logical name: /dev/scd0
                    logical name: /dev/sr0
                    version: 1.00
                    capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                    configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
            *-serial UNCLAIMED
                 description: SMBus
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.3
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
                 version: 05
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 configuration: latency=0
                 resources: memory:d6406000-d64060ff ioport:4000(size=32)
            *-generic
                 description: Signal processing controller
                 product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.6
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
                 version: 05
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=intel ips latency=0
                 resources: irq:21 memory:d6404000-d6404fff
         *-pci:1
              description: Host bridge
              product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 101
              bus info: pci@0000:3f:00.0
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:2
              description: Host bridge
              product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 102
              bus info: pci@0000:3f:00.1
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:3
              description: Host bridge
              product: Core Processor QPI Link 0
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 103
              bus info: pci@0000:3f:02.0
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:4
              description: Host bridge
              product: Core Processor QPI Physical 0
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 104
              bus info: pci@0000:3f:02.1
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:5
              description: Host bridge
              product: Core Processor Reserved
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 105
              bus info: pci@0000:3f:02.2
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:6
              description: Host bridge
              product: Core Processor Reserved
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 106
              bus info: pci@0000:3f:02.3
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
      *-power UNCLAIMED
           description: OEM_Define1
           product: OEM_Define5
           vendor: OEM_Define2
           physical id: 1
           version: OEM_Define6
           serial: OEM_Define3
           capacity: 75mWh

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    Re: Toshiba Satellite C640 Function (Fn) Keys Not Working

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