I don't have access to my G5 at the moment, but as I recall, you can add new actions to that list; create a new action, set it to eject -T and assign the XF86Eject key to it.
On 10/5/11, David Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5 Oct, 2011, at 3:05 PM, John Ames wrote: > >> Yeah, for some reason it doesn't work quite right by default, I don't >> know why. However, with your desktop environment's keyboard-shortcut >> manager, you can simply reassign the eject button to run eject -T >> which will give you the proper functionality. It won't display the >> little notification popup, but it shouldn't be too hard to notice >> whether the drive door is open or closed ;) > > Hmm. Typing 'eject -T' in a terminal gives me the desired result. I > can't > seem to set Gnome to use that, however. System -> Preferences -> Keyboard > Shortcuts -> Sound -> Eject only allows me to toggle between 'Disabled' and > 'XF86Eject'. How do i edit the action taken by XF86Eject? > > P.S. While poking around i noticed that the system was using the generic > keymap rather than one for an Apple keyboard. However, the presumably > Apple-specific volume and eject keys are working with the generic keymap. > Is there any other benefit to using the Apple/Apple or Apple/Macintosh > keymaps? While i'm at it, what is the difference between the last two? > > Sent from my MacBookPro > > Be different: conform. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CABCBCvNWdO2CyJNMBRiAchvNDLgDx0sB=hsuzznomocyust...@mail.gmail.com
