[SOLVED] ASUS N56VZ FN+FX Keys not working

I got this new laptop some time ago. I had WIndows 8 running on it, but since I need linux for college I decided to install Arch on it. I removed windows and created a new GUID Partition Table on the Hard drive.
sda1 512M EFI Parition
sda2 250G Windows Parition (is not installed yet)
sda3 512M Boot
sda4 30G Root
sda6 8G Swap
sda5 <Rest of space> Home
I've installed Arch_x86-64, with rEFInd as bootloader. I have KDE Running on my machine, everything is working fine except for the FN+FX Keys:
FN+
F1 Sleep
F2 WIreless ON/OFF
F3 Keyboard lights intensity down
F4 Keyboard lights intensity up
F5 Screen brightness down
F6 Screen brightness up
F7 Screen brightness off
F8 Proyector toggle
F9 Touchpad ON\OFF
F10 Volume off
F11 Volume down
F12 Volume up
The only keys that works correctly are FN+F{1,2,7,10,11,12}, but some of the most important keys (keyboard lights, screen brigthess) are not working at all.
I need help fixing this, I hope there's a workaround or something.
Cheers.
Edit: Solved the problem following the steps shown in here. I also confirm that the solution provided there works very well on the Asus N56VZ.
Last edited by AurosGamma (2012-12-02 06:00:38)

If all else fails, just map them with xbindkeys until they are either fixed upstream.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xbindkeys
You won't get those popup 'blob' but it gets the trick done. There are other ways like sxhkd https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=155613

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