diff -ru fnfx-0.2/src/fnfxd.c fnfx-0.2m/src/fnfxd.c
--- fnfx-0.2/src/fnfxd.c	2003-11-06 14:29:23.000000000 -0800
+++ fnfx-0.2m/src/fnfxd.c	2004-10-28 16:41:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
  */
 
 #define PROGRAM		"FnFX Daemon"
-#define	VERSION		"v0.2"
-#define AUTHOR		"Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>"
+#define	VERSION		"v0.2m"
+#define AUTHOR		"Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>\n" \
+                        " script addon   Matthias Kattanek <mk at mykmk dot com>"
 
 /*
  * Includes
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 extern int  init_sig_handler(void);
 extern int  init_fnfxd(int *, int *);
 extern int  chk_fnkey(void);
+extern int  handle_external(void);
 extern void walk_config(void);
 
 /* fnfxd_cmds.c */
@@ -251,6 +253,7 @@
 	while(1)
 	{
 		chk_fnkey();
+		handle_external();
 
 		usleep(150000);
 	}
diff -ru fnfx-0.2/src/fnfxd_cfg.c fnfx-0.2m/src/fnfxd_cfg.c
--- fnfx-0.2/src/fnfxd_cfg.c	2003-11-05 23:34:37.000000000 -0800
+++ fnfx-0.2m/src/fnfxd_cfg.c	2004-10-28 16:43:03.000000000 -0700
@@ -145,6 +145,50 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * add_external()
+ *
+ * Add (external) action to the configuration (in memory).
+ *
+ */
+
+int
+add_external(int i, char *command)
+{
+        //strcpy(daemon_cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].client_command, command);
+        //daemon_cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].state |= FNKEY_ENABLED;
+        //daemon_cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].state |= FNKEY_EXTERNAL;
+        strcpy(cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].command, command);
+        cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].state |= FNKEY_ENABLED;
+        cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].state |= FNKEY_EXTERNAL;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int
+handle_external(void)
+{
+        int i = cfg->acpi.fnkey_pos;
+
+        if((cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].state & FNKEY_ENABLED) && strlen(cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].command))
+        {
+                if(cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].state & FNKEY_EXTERNAL)
+                {
+                        char command[CMD_SIZE];
+                        sprintf(command, "%s%1c", cfg->keymap.fnkey[i].command, '&');
+
+                        debug("handle_external() - executing: %s", command);
+                        system(command);
+                }
+//mk                else
+//mk                                debug("handle_external() - Nothing to handle. It's a internal command and executed by the daemon.");
+        }
+//mk        else
+//mk                debug("handle_external() - Nothing to do. There is no configuration entry for this key.");
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+
 
 /*
  * is_action()
@@ -212,13 +256,15 @@
 				{
 					if(strlen(command))
 					{
+						//debug("mk: action='%s' command='%s' \n", fnkey_descr, command);
 						if(!(is_action(command)))
 							add_action(i, command);
 						else
-							debug("Error (non-fatal) while reading config file. "	\
+							add_external(i, command);
+							/*debug("Error (non-fatal) while reading config file. "	\
 									"\"%s\" is no valid command.",		\
 									 command				\
-							       );
+							       );*/
 					}
 					else
 					{