Re: T520 Linux Mint / button ThinkVantage

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It's simple, but it works.

Thank you!

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Best regard,
Ivan Niagara


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inas <[email protected]>:

> On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 05:26:25PM +0700, =D0=98=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=BD =D0=9D=
=D0=B8=D0=B0=D0=B3=D0=B0=D1=80=D0=B0 wrote:
> > Many years I have used the T520 with linux.
> > I have an idea to hang some job on the blue button "ThinkVantage" on th=
e
> top of
> > the notebook keyboard.
> >
> > I suppose, this button has a different interrupt code, not as another
> button on
> > the keyboard.
>
> I'm not sure how it's all wired at the hardware level, but the Linux
> userspace sees a regular key event.
>
> I've always mapped it to lock screen.
>
> > The jobs may be:
> > - turn power off
> > - erase some files or memory
> > - etc.
> >
> > Is it possible?
>
> Sure.  How, specifically, depends on your desktop environment.  I use
> GNOME so I'd do it from gnome-control-center -> Keyboard shortcuts.
> If you want a custom action ("erase some files", I'm not sure how you'd
> erase "memory"), you can create a custom shortcut that runs a shell
> script that can do whatever you want.
>
> Regards,
> Marius Gedminas
> --
> Why do geeks think Halloween and Christmas occur on the same day?
> Because 31oct =3D 25dec!
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, 19 =D0=B0=D0=B2=D0=B3. 2022 =D0=B3. =D0=B2 16:27, Marius Gedminas &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;:<br></div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1p=
x solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 05:26:25=
PM +0700, =D0=98=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=BD =D0=9D=D0=B8=D0=B0=D0=B3=D0=B0=D1=80=D0=
=B0 wrote:<br>
&gt; Many years I have used the T520 with linux.<br>
&gt; I have an idea to hang some job on the blue button &quot;ThinkVantage&=
quot; on the top of<br>
&gt; the notebook keyboard.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I suppose, this button has a different interrupt=C2=A0code, not as ano=
ther button on<br>
&gt; the keyboard.<br>
<br>
I&#39;m not sure how it&#39;s all wired at the hardware level, but the Linu=
x<br>
userspace sees a regular key event.<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve always mapped it to lock screen.<br>
<br>
&gt; The jobs may be:<br>
&gt; - turn power off<br>
&gt; - erase some files or memory<br>
&gt; - etc.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Is it possible?<br>
<br>
Sure.=C2=A0 How, specifically, depends on your desktop environment.=C2=A0 I=
 use<br>
GNOME so I&#39;d do it from gnome-control-center -&gt; Keyboard shortcuts.<=
br>
If you want a custom action (&quot;erase some files&quot;, I&#39;m not sure=
 how you&#39;d<br>
erase &quot;memory&quot;), you can create a custom shortcut that runs a she=
ll<br>
script that can do whatever you want.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Marius Gedminas<br>
-- <br>
Why do geeks think Halloween and Christmas occur on the same day?<br>
Because 31oct =3D 25dec!<br>
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