Asus N10 Key Bind Tweak

Hi,
In another thread, a tweak was offered to bind two keys on the Asus N10 notebook (a Power Mode button and a Magnify button) to custom functions like NEXTSONG and PLAYPAUSE that would work for various ubuntu software.

The specific tweak, written in late 2008, can be found here:
Linux HOWTO - N10 Wiki

The first step is to copy a compiled asus_laptop module (then modify it later):

Code:

cp /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c.orig

My problem: The asus-laptop.c file does not exist, nor does the directory.

Code:

patrick@pztn10:~$ cp /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c.orig
cp: cannot stat `/usr/src/linux-2.6.35-22-generic/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c': No such file or directory

...

patrick@pztn10:/usr/src$ ls
linux-headers-2.6.35-22
linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic
nvidia-current-260.19.06

Did the directory move elsewhere? Where else can I find the asus_laptop.c module to proceed with the rest of the tweak? (I tried using find function but didn't turn anything up - I'm new at linux)

TIA,
patrick

p.s. Running Ubuntu 10.10, laptop ASUS N10J

p.s.s. rest of tweak follows (which I haven't gotten to yet)

Code:

sed 's/SCREENLOCK/NEXTSONG/' /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c.orig | sed 's/{KE_END, 0},/{KE_KEY, 0xba, KEY_PLAYPAUSE},\n\t{KE_END, 0},/' > /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c
cd /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`
make drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.ko
sudo cp drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/
sudo modprobe -r asus_laptop
sudo modprobe asus_laptop

 

Hi, it looks like you need to install your kernel source package, in this case, linux-source-2.6.35

 

Thanks - I hadn't compiled my own kernel.

I followed instructions at: http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html
... to recompile my kernel and then was able to follow the button tweak instructions perfectly.

patrick

 

Cool, glad it worked out.

Cheers!