hi!

while i was still running also windoze i bought a wireless keyboard&mouse combo...everything runs smooth under my distro, EXCEPT the multimedia buttons on the keyboard(prev,play/pause,stop,next,vol up, vol down etc...)

under windoze i had the usual "bad translated made in whoknowswhere" system tray icon which let me configure the buttons (more or less, in fact less than more )

so i was wondering is something like this available for most advanced operating system on the world?

thx

Hello Sammael!

There are some tools(key grabbers) that may help you. I personally use xbindkeys:

http://hocwp.free.fr/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html

If you prefer to configure xbindkeys with a GUI, install also xbindkeys-config. I have a Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard and almost all my keys worked out of the box with Ubuntu Dapper. I just use xbindkeys for custom keyboard shortcuts, but it may help you to "grab" your multimedia keys and assign them a given task.

Good luck!

i downloaded and installed xbindkeys all right...but -

yes, i would very much like to use a GUI, but when i'm compiling it i get this:

gcc -O3 -Wall `gtk-config --cflags` -D_GNU_SOURCE -c xbindkeys_config.c
/bin/sh: gtk-config: command not found
xbindkeys_config.c:18:21: error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
In file included from xbindkeys_config.c:22:
menu.h:20: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
In file included from xbindkeys_config.c:23:
middle.h:20: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
middle.h:21: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
middle.h:23: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
middle.h:24: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
middle.h:33: error: expected ')' before 'state'
middle.h:36: error: expected ')' before '*' token
In file included from xbindkeys_config.c:25:
speedc.h:5: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
xbindkeys_config.c: In function 'main':
xbindkeys_config.c:29: error: 'GtkWidget' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:29: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
xbindkeys_config.c:29: error: for each function it appears in.)
xbindkeys_config.c:29: error: 'window' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:30: error: 'menu' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:31: error: 'middle' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:32: error: 'vbox' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:33: error: 'hbox' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:34: error: 'GtkAccelGroup' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:34: error: 'accel_group' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:37: error: 'gboolean' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:37: error: expected ';' before 'show'
xbindkeys_config.c:52: error: 'show' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:52: error: 'TRUE' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:60: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_init'
xbindkeys_config.c:63: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_window_new'
xbindkeys_config.c:63: error: 'GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:64: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_window_set_title'
xbindkeys_config.c:64: warning: implicit declaration of function 'GTK_WINDOW'
xbindkeys_config.c:66: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_signal_connect'
xbindkeys_config.c:66: warning: implicit declaration of function 'GTK_OBJECT'
xbindkeys_config.c:67: error: 'GtkSignalFunc' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:67: error: expected ')' before 'main_exit'
xbindkeys_config.c:69: error: expected ')' before 'main_exit'
xbindkeys_config.c:71: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_hbox_new'
xbindkeys_config.c:71: error: 'FALSE' undeclared (first use in this function)
xbindkeys_config.c:72: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_container_add'
xbindkeys_config.c:72: warning: implicit declaration of function 'GTK_CONTAINER'
xbindkeys_config.c:74: warning: implicit declaration of function 'xbindkeys_config_middle_list'
xbindkeys_config.c:77: warning: implicit declaration of function 'xbindkeys_config_speed_config'
xbindkeys_config.c:81: warning: implicit declaration of function 'selectable_clist'
xbindkeys_config.c:88: error: expected ')' before 'main_exit'
xbindkeys_config.c:90: error: expected ')' before 'main_exit'
xbindkeys_config.c:92: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_vbox_new'
xbindkeys_config.c:95: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_accel_group_new'
xbindkeys_config.c:96: warning: implicit declaration of function 'xbindkeys_config_menu'
xbindkeys_config.c:97: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_box_pack_start'
xbindkeys_config.c:97: warning: implicit declaration of function 'GTK_BOX'
xbindkeys_config.c:98: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_accel_group_attach'
xbindkeys_config.c:100: warning: implicit declaration of function 'xbindkeys_config_middle'
xbindkeys_config.c:105: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_widget_show_all'
xbindkeys_config.c:106: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gtk_main'
make: *** [xbindkeys_config.o] Error 1

it seems i need the gtk-config, but how do i install it? i have installed gtk, gtk+2.0 and all devel packages, but still get this error.

*EDIT*
after some googlin' i found this:...but i checked, i have them installed too...
*EDIT*

is there anything i can do to install the gui? i have absolutely no idea what to write to .xbinkeysrc to make my buttons work...

thx for your time...

hey, i solved it! i found excellent utility called sven (http://sven.linux.kiev.ua). it compiled without error and has a great gui...i can only recommend it for any noob as well as experienced user...

I always liked the itouch plugin for XMMS. Bad thing about it I guess is that you gotta leave XMMS running all the time for it to work. It was designed for the logitech itouch keyboards, but it works with anything (like my HP laptop's media keys, etc). Allows you to bind the keyboard volume and mute keys right into XMMS's volume control, as well as other random keys. I like to make my "windows key" bring up a linux terminal :P

Ah! Thanks for the replies guys. I never heard of sven or itouch plugin, but that's the cool thing with Linux: Learning something new everyday ^^

Cheers!