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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