Re: SuperDrive Door?
I don't have access to my G5 at the moment, but as I recall, you can
add new actions to that list; create a new action, set it to eject -T
and assign the XF86Eject key to it.
On 10/5/11, David Lowe <doctorjlowe@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 5 Oct, 2011, at 3:05 PM, John Ames wrote:
>
>> Yeah, for some reason it doesn't work quite right by default, I don't
>> know why. However, with your desktop environment's keyboard-shortcut
>> manager, you can simply reassign the eject button to run eject -T
>> which will give you the proper functionality. It won't display the
>> little notification popup, but it shouldn't be too hard to notice
>> whether the drive door is open or closed ;)
>
> Hmm. Typing 'eject -T' in a terminal gives me the desired result. I can't
> seem to set Gnome to use that, however. System -> Preferences -> Keyboard
> Shortcuts -> Sound -> Eject only allows me to toggle between 'Disabled' and
> 'XF86Eject'. How do i edit the action taken by XF86Eject?
>
> P.S. While poking around i noticed that the system was using the generic
> keymap rather than one for an Apple keyboard. However, the presumably
> Apple-specific volume and eject keys are working with the generic keymap.
> Is there any other benefit to using the Apple/Apple or Apple/Macintosh
> keymaps? While i'm at it, what is the difference between the last two?
>
> Sent from my MacBookPro
>
> Be different: conform.
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