How to make Fn+ netbook keys work? (Asus eeepc900)

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Hi,
in antiX-17.1 can`t switch between netbook display (Asus eeepc900) and external monitor with Fn+F5 keys. It’s the main reason.
Other Fn+ keys like Volume and Brightness does not work too. Exept Fn+F2 – “WiFi On/Off” that works.
In Ubuntu 12.04 all Fn+ keys worked normal.
I think it’s a keyboard layout problem. Any recommendations are appreciated.
Thanks.

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the package that used to govern those extra functions is eeepc-acpi-scripts but there is not a stretch version. there is a sid version though.

as for your volume keys try this: right click on the volume icon -> preferences -> and enable the volume hotkeys.

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Thanks for volume hotkeys – it works.
I enabled deb http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/sid/ sid main nosystemd
for eeepc-acpi-scripts in antix.list
executed apt-get update but I can’t find eeepc-acpi-scripts unfortunatly
thought it should be somewhere: https://packages.debian.org/sid/eeepc-acpi-scripts
May be I missed something obvious?

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For interested now I use following commands to swith monitors without any additional installs.
To get monitors names:
xrandr -q

Switch to external only:
xrandr –output VGA1 –auto –output LVDS1 –off

Switch to internal only:
xrandr –output VGA1 –off –output LVDS1 –auto

Extended left, internal primary:
xrandr –output VGA1 –auto –left-of LVDS1 –output LVDS1 –auto –primary

Extended left, external primary:
xrandr –output VGA1 –auto –left-of LVDS1 –primary –output LVDS1 –auto

After switching you may want to update background image size and Conki position in IceWM for example:
/usr/local/lib/desktop-session-restart IceWM

Of course these functions could be combined and assigned to hotkeys.

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