* On Tue Jul-19-2005 at 04:26:05 PM +0930, Iain Buchanan said: > It seems that every multimedia keyboard out there (especially the usb > ones) have some or all "extra" keys that just aren't visible outside of > Winblows. > > I have a couple of them! I've tried all the usual ways of detecting > them - xev and others that do a similar thing but they just don't > register as keypresses in any standard way. > > I would like comments on why, and what methods, if any, may be available > to detect such keys. Surely with the plethora of cheap multimedia > keyboards out there, there is some way.
Perhaps this blog entry[1] has some useful information for you. I jumped on the same boat as Patrick and now use my Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard and some old Honeywell AT keyboard. xbindkeys is your friend, although I admit the "shortcuts" can get obscure quickly. If anyone wants a multimedia keyboard I'll sell it to you cheap. Complete with disabled-on-boot F1-12 keys! :P [1] http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/flameeyes/2005/06/15/and_the_keyboard_lose_the_match -- Sami Samhuri
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