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Hi Ozan, 

æ æï2011-01-30 æ 21:09 +0200ïOzan ÃaÄlayan æåï
> On 30.01.2011 20:51, Larry Finger wrote:
> 
> > The nature of that Fn-F2 key depends on how the motherboard manufacturer coded
> > their BIOS. Most do it as a toggle and use some WMI (Windows Management
> > Interface) code to initialize it on boot up. As this no-name laptop is unlikely
> > to have a WMI driver the way that name brands do, it probably generates a
> > keystroke. That is easy to check - Use CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to a console, log
> > in, and issue the command "showkey". Is a keycode returned when Fn-F2 is pressed?
> 
> Hmm I've got it. So maybe taking look at the ACPI tables/WMI block can 
> reveal a way to initialize the toggle? I'm not really experienced in 
> these things but I'll take a look out of curiosity.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 

Does it possible share your machine's model name, dmidecode and
acpidump?


Thank's
Joey Lee

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