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Re: Multimedia Keys



Got a link for us :) ?

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Robert Krugmann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> to use multimedia keys with linux I found a nice little guide how to do that.
> O.K. it is written for a LogitechCordlessDesktop and the author uses
> Mandrake, but for my Knoppix/Debian system it works right fine.
>
> Cheers
> Robert
>
>
> Am Montag, 22. September 2003 22:50 schrieb Martin Norland:
> > On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Dan Rasmussen wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Yesterday I became the proud owner of a Zippy USB Mini-Keyboard
> > > (http://directron.com/wk801.html).  It's small, has a two-port USB hub,
> > > and a bunch of multimedia keys.  The problem is that these multimedia
> > > keys don't work with the USB version.  A friend ordered the PS/2 version
> > > and getting the multimedia keys on the PS/2 to work with acme was no
> > > problem, but that's not the case here.
> > >
> > > The multimedia keys produce no output in the program xkeycaps.  The
> > > Hotkeys site at TuxMobil
> > > (http://www.tuxmobil.org/Mobile-Guide.db/mobile-guide-p2c1s8-ext-keys.htm
> > >l) didn't reference anything that I was sure would help me, so I thought
> > > I'd ask here if anybody has gone through a similar experience.  I thought
> > > of checking out the packages 'hotkeys' and 'lineakd' but am doubtful
> > > they'll do anything that acme won't (other than maybe letting one decide
> > > which actions each key takes, rather than leaving that up to acme's
> > > methods, whatever they are...)
> >
> > I have this keyboard - both ps2 and usb versions - I'm using the usb
> > version right now and, while I don't use the multimedia keys for anything,
> > 'xev' reports them as keycode's in the range of 150ish - 160ish [take a
> > bit of doing to get them all out] for the buttons on the left (the
> > 'option' key seems to generate no event), and the buttons on the right are
> > 222, 227, 112, etc. - so, they're definitely visible events, but the
> > keysym is often (0x0, NoSymbol) which is just related to looking up and
> > comparing to the keymap.  Other than the option key, they all seem to send
> > different keycodes - so have at it! xev is your friend (albiet *very*
> > spammy, especially if you use focus follows mouse/etc.)
> >
> > -Martin Norland
>



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