FC4 on Laptop, does it work??, Partly.

[Tomas Larsson]

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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tomas Larsson
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 8:25 PM
> To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
> Subject: RE: FC4 on Laptop, does it work??, Partly.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tony Dietrich
> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:11 PM
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > Subject: Re: FC4 on Laptop, does it work??, Partly.
> > 
> > On Monday 20 February 2006 11:11, Tomas Larsson wrote:
> > > Wiped XP of the disk and installed FC4.
> > > Laptop is a Compaq Presario 2822EA.
> > >
> > > First attempt faild, anaconda bailed ot with a kilometer of
> > errors, it
> > > appeared that repartion the disk failed, although it was
> > supposed to
> > > delete all partitions.
> > >
> > > Second attempt worked without any problems, apart from not
> > be able to
> > > identify the screen.
> > > The ATI chipset was identified as a ATI 7500, which I
> > assume is correct.
> > >
> > > Changed later to generic LCD 1024*768, without any problems.
> > >
> > > Now, the current problems I have is to make the "Quick
> > Launch" and the
> > > other buttoms such as volume etc. to work.
> > > Having read various othters experiences, but I have not
> > found any solution.
> > > I assume that ther must be a driver or something similar to
> > have them
> > > operational.
> > > But where do I find it?
> > >
> > >
> > > With best regards
> > >
> > > Tomas Larsson
> > > Sweden
> > >
> > > Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem
> > 
> > On KDE (never use Gnome, personal preference)
> > 
> > Control Center>Regional and Accessibility>Keyboard layouts 
> Select the 
> > Compaq Laptop keyboard.
> 
> Does not exist, only Compaq standard keybords and internet Keyboards.
> 
> 
> With best regards
> 
> Tomas Larsson
> Sweden


To quick, found it as "LapTop keyboard Compaq", not "Compaq laptop keyboard"

Got the volume working now, don't know about the Fn keys yet, The others,
"i", "e-mail", "search" and the "mute" do not work.