Multimedia keys [solved]

[josk]

Hi,

 

I need help to add actions to my multimedia keys. I installed XEV keymapping tool and get following information:

 

volume+ (keycode 176) (no keysym)

mute (keycode 160) (no keysym)

volume- (keycode 174) (no keysym)

media (keycode 129) (no keysym)

stop (keycode 164) (no keysym)

rev (keycode 144) (no keysym)

forw (keycode 153) (no keysym)

play/pause (keycode 144) (no keysym)

 

I dont want add actions like STOP PLAYING.... I just want to add that it works same as putting some alphabetical character like A or B. Thats cause I will teach those keys to work with VDR (video disc recorder) software.

 

Question is: How I add keysym to the those keys? Keysym should be just normal alphabetical character like A or B.

 

-josk, FIN

[josk]

Ok! I solved it. I just have to make following file:

 

homedirectory/.kde/Autostart/keycodes

# BEGIN

#!/bin/sh

#This is the file that is going to map my special keys.

#File location: ~/.kde/Autostart

#File Name:keycodes

#This file wil run automatically each time you restart KDE. It assigns a

#keysym to a given keycode

 

 

xmodmap -e 'keycode 176=Prior' #Page Up

xmodmap -e 'keycode 160=BackSpace' #BackSpace

xmodmap -e 'keycode 174=Next' #Page Down

xmodmap -e 'keycode 129=m' #m letter

xmodmap -e 'keycode 164=Up' #Up

xmodmap -e 'keycode 162=Down' #Down

xmodmap -e 'keycode 153=Right' #Right

xmodmap -e 'keycode 144=Left' #Left

# END

and give it permission to execute. Now everything works like it should be!

Edited July 21, 2005 by josk

[Guest jllijo]

Hello, I have a problem with buttons keys in my laptop (Compaq Armada 1750), because I cant solve asign four keys in gnome (Mandriva 2005).

I´ve made the kernel asignation (dicover with dmesg, asign with setkeycodes , and permanent with file in /etc/rc.local, and I can make the X asignation (discover with xev, asign with xmodmap and gnome shorcut keyboard configuration)

 

But my problem is how to make this last (xmodmap) permanent.

I have tried:

- .Xmodmap file in $HOME

- .xsession in %HOME calling xmodmap with .Xmodmap file

- buttons.sh calling xmodmap and configured in gnome-session to launch on starting gnome session

- modifing fixkeyboard file in /etc/X11/xinit/

- modifing xsession in /etc/X11/ and in /etc/X11/gdm

- modifing xsession in /etc/X11/ and in /etc/X11

- shell script file calling xmodmap in /etc/X11/gmd/Postloging

- shell script file calling xmodmap in /etc/X11/xinit.rc/

- ... and mutch more that I cant remenber

 

 

Could enybody tell me how I can call xmodmap at loging to get work the multimedia keys asignment work automatically in gnome?

 

Thanks in advance. Im little desesperated.