~Toughbooktalk~

Posted: **Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:49 am**

mklym wrote:Nice rig Jeff.

The Surrender and Fn keys don't work, at least for me. Disappointing.

Back on a different MK3 30.....the F1 and F2 don't work. There's a tweak here somewhere. At least this time it didn't trigger the numlock. MK1 had no issues.

Posted: **Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:44 pm**

Using MK 3 30 and same drive in MK 2 30., see the post about single line calibration.

This is commercial DVD version with all updates. Cinnamon Debian 2.0.

Problem with F1 and F2 went away. (probably in updates somewhere)
Other news:
Download version was Cinnamon Debian 2.88 and worked out of the box. 2.88 has "Constructor" built in. That part didn't work for me yet. Otherwise the OS is fine.

I deleted Variety so I could change the desktop.

Posted: **Mon May 04, 2015 2:39 pm**

F1 and F2 delay.

Linux cf31 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt9-3 (2015-04-23) i686 GNU/Linux (from uname -a)

So tap the Fn F1 a few times and thirty seconds to a minute later pop-up appears and brightness decreases.

Using evtest:

jay@cf31:~$ evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Not running as root, no devices may be available.
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
/dev/input/event1: Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel
/dev/input/event2: Lid Switch
/dev/input/event3: Power Button
/dev/input/event4: Power Button
/dev/input/event5: Panasonic Laptop Support
/dev/input/event6: PC Speaker
/dev/input/event7: PS/2 Generic Mouse
/dev/input/event8: Video Bus
/dev/input/event9: HDA Digital PCBeep
/dev/input/event10: HDA Intel MID Mic
/dev/input/event11: HDA Intel MID Headphone
/dev/input/event12: HDA Intel MID HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/dev/input/event13: HDA Intel MID HDMI/DP,pcm=7
Select the device event number [0-13]: 8
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x19 vendor 0x0 product 0x6 version 0x0
Input device name: "Video Bus"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 224 (KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN)
Event code 225 (KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP)
Event code 227 (KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE)
Event code 241 (KEY_VIDEO_NEXT)
Event code 242 (KEY_VIDEO_PREV)
Event code 243 (KEY_BRIGHTNESS_CYCLE)
Event code 244 (KEY_BRIGHTNESS_ZERO)
Event code 245 (KEY_DISPLAY_OFF)
Properties:

As root: /dev/input/event5
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x19 vendor 0x1 product 0x1 version 0x100
Input device name: "Panasonic Laptop Support"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 113 (KEY_MUTE)
Event code 114 (KEY_VOLUMEDOWN)
Event code 115 (KEY_VOLUMEUP)
Event code 142 (KEY_SLEEP)
Event code 148 (KEY_PROG1)
Event code 205 (KEY_SUSPEND)
Event code 224 (KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN)
Event code 225 (KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP)
Event code 236 (KEY_BATTERY)
Event code 240 (KEY_UNKNOWN)
Event code 431 (KEY_DISPLAYTOGGLE)
Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)

So...kode:D does anything meet the eye? No input reaction in evtest with Fn F1 or Fn F2.

Posted: **Mon May 04, 2015 11:50 pm**

O.K. I put Makulu -8- away and installed the just released Makulu-9-LiteXFCE 64bit. Released today. Someone is having fun with Makulu Constructor.

This is a stripped down for CD version, add your own stuff.

First off I go to keyboard application keys and add xfce4-popup-whiskermenu with Super_L- (windows key)
Fn F1 and F2 work so it's installed on my CF-31 with it's SSD.
Added Chromium and xinput-calibrator. I updated the repositories just so these were easily find-able, haven't decided on a office program yet.

Cartoon time,

Jeff...Schlock Mercenary...ominous huuummmmmmmm!

Posted: **Tue May 05, 2015 11:12 am**

Funny, like minds think alot. I'm at work reading this now....and this morning before work I downloaded and installed this lite version also on a CF-52. The New 9 Series Kicks off with the Release of the new Xfce Edition which comes in 2 flavors…I read the release notes in the Xfce Section & grabbed a copy from the download section ...Ran the updates and then had to run off to work...found here: http://makululinux.com/

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 3:01 pm**

How's it working for you? Did you figure out the surrender key bit?

Text when you can talk.

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 3:45 pm**

The "lite edition" of Makulu 9 XFCE 64 bit will fit on a CD, and get you up and running, however almost NO software is installed in the lite version.
I downloaded the ISO from their downloads section of the above site, and used Unetbootin to burn to usb. The first thing you will want to do is make sure you have an internet connection. The bare bones build of this little one does NOT even have a browser, but it found my internet wireless right off the bat. I ran Synaptic Package Manager and made sure all updates had been downloaded and installed. Then I installed: Firefox Browser, Shutter, and XFburn.
This Debian Linux version is 3.13.0-52, and it goes nicely with the CF-52 GUN that came out east from Sadlmkr's ranch. I re-booted and then ran the Makulu Constructor program. This made a custom iso of my somewhat vanilla system that I'd added browser, etc. It took 5-10 minutes or so, and then completed saying my new ISO had grown to around 786 MB, was now in the /home/snapshot folder. I'll burn a usb of this new iso tonight and let you know.

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 10:06 pm**

Good show for the A team.

Thanks....I had a bunch more written and it went away.

Makula Constructor is worth looking at would ha' been the punchline.

Too late to try to re-write.

Posted: **Thu May 07, 2015 10:46 pm**

Re: Makulu -9- Lite

1. This I like!
2. Makulu Constructor has a learning curve but:
a. Watch the video.
b. Everything works.
c. I am running a MK3 -30 via USB Constructed from "Makulu-Constructor"..very quick load...all my updates and settings are saved.

With a little work...(study) this is a good one.

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Makulu 8 Cinnamon was a little fluky..but I think they have it dialed in now.

J'd...MHO...

Posted: **Sun May 10, 2015 1:33 pm**

I downloaded MakuluLinux-9-Xfce-x64 (Normal Ed, not the Lite Ed) and put it on a usb stick using unetbootin then booted the CF-30MK3 with it. Before I booted off the stick, I installed the Intel ssd I had loaded W10 onto. Installed with no problems. I installed xinput-calibrator but when I tried the script in the 'Calibration from a single terminal' thread, I got permission denied so with the file manager I created the proper file/folder, ran the TS calibrator and copied/pasted the info, added kode-niner's script for right click with a stylus, saved the file and all is good. I used Jeff's keyboard hack to enable the Surrender key (thanks Jeff) and setup Variety to use my Toughbook wallpapers, but kept the clock and quotes, for now. All the Fn keys seem to work OTB.
I am now going to add gpsd and Foxtrot, although I might try Navit(?) this time, get the gps working proper, do a few more tweaks, then make a copy using Constructor.
Seems better than Makulu 8. Thanks for pointing out the new version.