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Re: Acer travelmate acerhk.0.5.28 hotkey problem



or you can use checkinstall:
#apt-get install checkinstall
you compile the module (make) but do not install it, and then you do:
#checkinstall make install
this creates a .deb package, you can specify it's headers.

>On Saturday 03 December 2005 08:59, Martin Vlk wrote:
> I have compiled the kernel module and the extra keys now generate X events
> (as shown by xev). So the driver itself works fine.
>
> How to compile the acerhk module and create deb package
>
> I assume you have a configured Linux kernel source in the <kernel-source>
> directory and you have installed the module-assistant package.
>
>  - Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
>    deb http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
>  - Install the "acerhk-source" pacage. The source installs
>    in "/usr/src/acerhk.tar.bz2"
>  - Unpack the archive somewhere in your home dir. (e.g. <modules-dir>)
>  - $ export MODULE_LOC=<modules-dir>
>  - $ cd <kernel-source>
>  - $ fakeroot make-kpkg modules (This creates a .deb package in the parent
>    directory of <kernel-source>
>  - Install the package: $ dpkg -i <newly-created-deb>
>  - Load the module: $ modprobe acerhk
>  - You also want to include it in the "/etc/modules" file so it loads
>    automatically on boot.
>
>
> Now the second part of the problem is how to assign the keyboard events to
> some actions. I haven't dne that before - can anyone help?
>
> Hope this helps.
> vlcak

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