Alternatively, if you do not want to blacklist the sony-laptop module then one may need to add the following lines to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to use the Sony Vaio hotkeys with the sony-laptop module:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Vaio keys" Driver "evdev" Option "Name" "Sony Vaio Keys" Option "XkbLayout" "jp" Option "XkbModel" "jp106" EndSection
Section "ServerLayout" ... InputDevice "Vaio keys" "SendCoreEvents" EndSection
c.f.: http://www.linux.it/~malattia/wiki/index.php/Sony-laptop
Alternatively, if you do not want to blacklist the sony-laptop module then one may need to add the following lines to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to use the Sony Vaio hotkeys with the sony-laptop module:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Vaio keys"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Name" "Sony Vaio Keys"
Option "XkbLayout" "jp"
Option "XkbModel" "jp106"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
...
InputDevice "Vaio keys" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
c.f.: http:// www.linux. it/~malattia/ wiki/index. php/Sony- laptop