BTW, I think you might need to be in a non-X console for showkey to work. I have similiar keys on my HP laptop, but I haven't gotten to work yet. Talking to the author of the keyboard howto, if showkey doesn't respond to keypresses for your "zone" keys, you might need to play with some kernel code to see if the kernel is even receiving data for those buttons via the kb interface. I haven't had time to do this yet, but it's on my list of "nice if I could get it working" features for my laptop -- just after "upgrade to 2.4 to see if ACPI let's me suspend,resume"
In my case, I suspect that the HP buttons are attached to some special purpose h/w in the laptop. They're also near a microswitch that shuts off the LCD when it's sufficiently closed. I'd be interested in how it goes for your buttons -- either on the list or off. --Alan --- Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 12:47:59AM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: > > Does anyone know how to remap the "internet zone" keys on a Compaq > > 1800? I tried xkeycaps, but it doesn't recognize the key when > pressed. > > xev also does not notice the key being pressed. > > The X server can't send events if the kernel isn't passing keycodes > to it, > or if it doesn't know what events to map the keycodes to. > > Use showkey(1) to find out what the key codes are, then feed > something like > keycode 200 = Hyper_L > or > keycode 220 = XF86LightBulb > (I just fired up xkeycaps to see what weird stuff you could do with > extra > keys, and under Vendor keysyms, XF86LightBulb really exists... :) > > BTW, some/all of this may not work at all, since I just pulled it > out of my > ass :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
