getting Fn and multimedia keys working in kde4

[Jonas Norlander]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Paul S <paulatgm at gmail.com> wrote:
> My Fn-F10 (eject) won't work on kde4.  On kde3, I could use input
> actions to configure the Fn-F10 to issue the eject command.  When I try
> it on kde4, I get a popup saying that Qt does not support that key.
> Same with Fn-F2 (battery).  Same with some of the multimedia keys on my
> usb multimedia keyboard (sleep, stop, reload, Tools, Explorer).
>
> I upgraded to 4.3beta with same results.
>
> Any ideas how to get these working?

No but your not alone.
Some keys that worked before don't work anymore. For me it looks like
QT/KDE has added some extra layer and blocking some keys that X or the
kernel driver know about.
For me it I think it started with the upgrade to KDE 4.2.x.

/ Jonas