Wrote new article — about how to use some ThinkPad-specific keys with FreeBSD.
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Wrote new article — about how to use some ThinkPad-specific keys with FreeBSD. Most of the Fn-keys and volume control separate keys could be uses "as is" — the OS passes the proper and well-known keycodes (like XF86audioMute, etc) to the X server. But some keys needs some "black magic" (devd and acpi_ibm kernel module).
The bonus point — how to use ThinkLight to signal about low battery level with Morse code
https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2026/03/24/freebsd-thinkpad-specific-keys.html
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Wrote new article — about how to use some ThinkPad-specific keys with FreeBSD. Most of the Fn-keys and volume control separate keys could be uses "as is" — the OS passes the proper and well-known keycodes (like XF86audioMute, etc) to the X server. But some keys needs some "black magic" (devd and acpi_ibm kernel module).
The bonus point — how to use ThinkLight to signal about low battery level with Morse code
https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2026/03/24/freebsd-thinkpad-specific-keys.html
@evgandr this was on my todo list to checkout, so very timely for me! Thank you, I'll read it and try it out
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Wrote new article — about how to use some ThinkPad-specific keys with FreeBSD. Most of the Fn-keys and volume control separate keys could be uses "as is" — the OS passes the proper and well-known keycodes (like XF86audioMute, etc) to the X server. But some keys needs some "black magic" (devd and acpi_ibm kernel module).
The bonus point — how to use ThinkLight to signal about low battery level with Morse code
https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2026/03/24/freebsd-thinkpad-specific-keys.html
@evgandr слушай, а прикольно, как минимум то, что они затащили под переменные ядра на acpi_ibm или чего-то там. Если оно реализуется без правки таблиц и поддерживает оборудование -- так вообще прелесть.
Хотя видеть системные скрипты на tcsh, ну... как-то диковато.
До doas что-то не доберусь попробовать. как оно? -
Wrote new article — about how to use some ThinkPad-specific keys with FreeBSD. Most of the Fn-keys and volume control separate keys could be uses "as is" — the OS passes the proper and well-known keycodes (like XF86audioMute, etc) to the X server. But some keys needs some "black magic" (devd and acpi_ibm kernel module).
The bonus point — how to use ThinkLight to signal about low battery level with Morse code
https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2026/03/24/freebsd-thinkpad-specific-keys.html
@evgandr cool that is exactly what I am missing. Is it something similar on openbsd?
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