Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-30 I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. Some more information: I want this for listening to music, with MPD as the server, and Sonata as the client. I made /etc/X11/Xmodmap with contents: keycode 151 = XF86AudioPlay keycode 159 = XF86AudioStop keycode 178 = XF86AudioPrev keycode 236 = XF86AudioNext and HOME/.xbindkeysrc with contents: mpc toggle XF86AudioPlay mpc stop XF86AudioStop mpc prev XF86AudioPrev mpc next XF86AudioNext Now, the only problem is that XBindKeys does not work when I am not logged in. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 02:37:58 +0530 Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Celejar [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-30 On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:56 +0530 Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. Have you tried the standard 'xbindkeys'? I tried it, but how can I make it work in spite of the screen-saver? Sorry, it was just a guess; I don't use a screensaver or DM. Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 06:04:14PM -0400, P Kapat [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On 8/30/07, Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I do not quite understand the issues!! (1) What good are keys when nobody is logged in?? Imagine that you have a system with a music player (e.g. mpd) and you want to control it without having to log in first. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
* Celejar [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-30 On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:56 +0530 Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. Have you tried the standard 'xbindkeys'? I tried it, but how can I make it work in spite of the screen-saver? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
On 8/30/07, Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I do not quite understand the issues!! (1) What good are keys when nobody is logged in?? (2) If the screen is locked with a screen saver (by some user, may be yourself), you still have the six VT, whch will give a shell (after LOGGING in), wherein you might (I am not sure) use xbindkeys (as Celejar was suggesting) to launch your favorite shell scripts (as long as they dont require X). You certainly do not wish to launch a command bypassing the screen lock, do you? -- Regards PK -- http://counter.li.org #402424 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 06:04:14PM -0400, P Kapat wrote: On 8/30/07, Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I do not quite understand the issues!! (1) What good are keys when nobody is logged in?? (2) If the screen is locked with a screen saver (by some user, may be yourself), you still have the six VT, whch will give a shell (after LOGGING in), wherein you might (I am not sure) use xbindkeys (as Celejar was suggesting) to launch your favorite shell scripts (as long as they dont require X). You certainly do not wish to launch a command bypassing the screen lock, do you? Keys are quite useful when nobody is logged in, if for example you want them to work on the login screen (for example, changing a keymap to make it possible to type usernames/passwords). It's also perfectly possible to disable switching to a VT from X11. I seem to remember Ubuntu does by default, which I always discover just when I have a problem that I need to switch to a terminal for... Ben signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 11:32:49PM +0100, Benjamin A'Lee wrote: It's also perfectly possible to disable switching to a VT from X11. I seem to remember Ubuntu does by default, which I always discover just when I have a problem that I need to switch to a terminal for... Untill the X server dies and you end up at a VT. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:56 +0530 Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. Have you tried the standard 'xbindkeys'? Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:27:56PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. Do you mean that you want a key on a keyboard to run a command even if nobody is logged in? Under what user do you want such commands to run? It sounds like a security hole of some dimension to me. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
