Logitech Access Keyboard help
I had to buy a new keyboard after my other one died, and I would like to actually use the "extra" buttons, such as vol control and webcam access. I've done a search and whenever it looks promising the response is usually along the lines of get the keyboad driver. I went to Logitech.com and they don't have Linux drivers. How/where do I get the drivers, or if there is another answer can someone hook me up?
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I use a Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110, and when I want to use those buttons, lineak does the trick, although it sometimes takes a bit of work to get set up. Make sure to get the Klineakconfig plugin to make things a lot easier.
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I don't know, maybe my mind is too fuzzy from the Killian's, I was able to set the keyboard to the correct one in the KDE regional settings, but khotkeys keeps crashing. I got LinEAK with the KLinEAKConfig and the email button works, but none of the others I assign do anything, and at first the email didn't work then it suddenly started to.
Edit: Now the email button has suddenly stopped working. I'm so confused now. |
Personally I use just xbindkeys: http://hocwp.free.fr/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html
I tried lineak but prefer the simplicity of xbindkeys (lineak does have some interesting extra features). Keytouch is mostly a front-end for xbindkeys. KDE might be grabbing the keyboard events before any other daemons. |
why not just use .Xmodmap ? do you not get events from xev?
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Anyway, the Gentoo HOWTO linked to by H_TeXMeX_H is good. I used it last summer with Slackware 10.2 and XFCE 4.2. Besides, with .Xmodmap you can do other fancy tricks like mapping the ACPI buttons etc. I have a US layout keyboard, and using .Xmodmap I mapped some Scandinavian characters to the three ACPI buttons. |
The advantage of a daemon separate from a window manager is that you can switch window managers without having to set up the multimedia keys each time, and the effects of hitting a key will be more consistent.
Window Maker (my primary window manager) has the ability to have keyboard events attached to any menu item (so for example you can set up a submenu full of all the events), but I found xbindkeys to be smoother in its implementation. I fail to see how just using .Xmodmap by itself will accomplish anything. You still need a daemon to handle the key presses... |
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