On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 13:31 +0200, lists Guillot wrote: > On 4/25/07, Hans van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, how I did it (when KDE control panel did not work): > > > > 1. In command line run, xev. Press the multimedia buttons and check > > that it responds - if it does your in luck and the buttons are useful - > > some keyboards need special drivers to get to some functions. > > Record the keycodes. > > > > 2. Create and edit a file in your home folder named < .Xmodmap > > > Add the keycodes and functions to perform. ie mine looks like this > > (boring keyboard) > > > > keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute > > keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume > > keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume > > > > XF86AudioMute, XF86AudioLowerVolume, etc actions are predefined. > > Check in </usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB> for available actions. > > > > 3. run xmodmap and check if the keys work as expected. > > on restart .Xmodmap is automatically loaded. > > Something is wrong here, because it's not working. I followed you > instructions, and xmodmap reads the file, as you can see: > > > xmodmap -pk | grep Audio > 129 0x1008ff14 (XF86AudioPlay) 0x1008ff31 (XF86AudioPause) > 130 0x1008ff15 (XF86AudioStop) > 131 0x1008ff16 (XF86AudioPrev) > 132 0x1008ff17 (XF86AudioNext) > 144 0x1008ff16 (XF86AudioPrev) > 153 0x1008ff17 (XF86AudioNext) > 160 0x1008ff12 (XF86AudioMute) > 162 0x1008ff14 (XF86AudioPlay) 0x1008ff31 (XF86AudioPause) > 164 0x1008ff15 (XF86AudioStop) > 174 0x1008ff11 (XF86AudioLowerVolume) > 176 0x1008ff13 (XF86AudioRaiseVolume) > > (keys 129-132 were not my doing and are not in my .Xmodmap file, they > must come configured with the system).
Try reverting back the settings made in KDE control panel (maybe thats where 129-132 is coming from?). Or just backup the file and recreate it with only your settings. E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
