Program for keybinding of Multimedia buttons on keyboard
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Program for keybinding of Multimedia buttons on keyboard
Somebody got such kind of program for Linux?
Or can I just modify that in the X86Config?
You see, I have multimedia buttons at the top of my keyboard and I want to let them be supported by my PC , but I don't know how :s
So isn't there a program that checks the given key, if it equals (for example) 0x0B78 , then it should do execute 'xmms -r'
check out Xmodmap and xev
I've been contemplating this as well, since I've got a logitech internet/multimedia keyboard with 10 currently useless buttons, but haven't done any reseach yet.
I'm going to guess that "next" is a preset used by page down
You can most likely undo this by removing the line from .fluxbox/keys
I did some messing around and got it working with my Logitech keyboard.
You know how to find the keycode already, so I won't go into that.
locate XKeysymDB
will tell you where the keysym list is...this is a list Linux uses for your keysym names. Istead of using "Next", pick one of those for your key name. Here's what I have in my .Xmodmap:
I put "None XF86Music :ExecCommand xmms" in .fluxbox/keys, restarted the X server, and my "Media" button now launches xmms
I don't know how I'm going to set up the volume/mute buttons yet, but it'll happen...
(I only don't know how unmute, so I get the volume I was )
Good luck with it!
Greetz,
AliTriX
I'm using Alsa, so I don't know if that would work. I found something in amixer that works anyway:
None XF86AudioMute :ExecCommand amixer -q set Master toggle # mute toggle
None XF86AudioRaiseVolume :ExecCommand amixer -q set Master 1+
None XF86AudioLowerVolume :ExecCommand amixer -q set Master 1-
Thanks for the nudge into something I've been meaning to check out for months...I've learned a bit, and I discovered I don't have to download and install a 5mb application to get full use out of my keyboard. And on top of that, I can customize it in ways I couldn't with the Windows Logitech software.
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