Hi all, I am currently setting up the multimedia buttons on my pc and have got a query. My setup is using Debian stable and kde (2.2.2). I seem to have gotten all the buttons going as I would like (sort of..) and I want to set up the volume 'wheel'. Knowing that there is more than one way to skin a cat so to speak I am sure there are numerous ways to do this, but what I have done is: -determined the equivalent keycode number for both directions of the wheel using 'xev' -created a script in the kde autostart directory assigning the keycodes a function number ( F19 = vol up, F20 = vol down) -created two menu entries in the kde menu called 'Vol(up)' and 'Vol(down)' -assigned the commands 'aumix -v+10' and 'aumix -v-10' respectively to the above -assigned the function numbers to my menu entries as custom keys.
Now this works (although it is ugly) but the problem is that if i turn the volume up or down a tab appears on the taskbar and stays there for approx 15-20 seconds to show that Vol(up or Vol(down) is running and it's well annoying... The other thing I tried was to make the command run in a terminal and instead of a tab appearing a terminal window flashes up and then disappears (obviously). So, after all that my question is, can I get my wheel to execute the command in the background so this tab and/or terminal window does not appear? Sorry for all the detail, but it may save answering questions later. TIA Craig
