Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
On Jan 12, 2000 at 06:15:05PM, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Matthew W. Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in > > > > inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and > > > > want another... > ... > > Perhaps it will help if I get specific. Ctrl-Alt-Delete is set to > > reboot the computer (as usual). Then I mapped the Alt-UpArrow to play > > a CD in my CD-ROM drive so I can play a CD without logging in. I would > > like to have Alt-DownArrow skip to the next track, but can't figure out > > how to do it. > > A workaround might be to make your Alt-uparrow script more sophisticated. > e.g. in terms of, say, cdplay, it could look at the output of cdir and > find PLAYING, then cdplay where n is the track being played, or 0, > or cdstop if n is the last track. That means you only need the one > keystroke. Actually, I had already done something similar. If the CD is playing then my script stops it, if it is stopped the script plays it. Of course, the eject button on the CD-ROM is a pretty effective stop button :-) so I think I will change it as you suggest. Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas A&M University In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said, "Cut it out." -- Steven Wright
Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
Quoting Matthew W. Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in > > > inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and > > > want another... ... > Perhaps it will help if I get specific. Ctrl-Alt-Delete is set to > reboot the computer (as usual). Then I mapped the Alt-UpArrow to play > a CD in my CD-ROM drive so I can play a CD without logging in. I would > like to have Alt-DownArrow skip to the next track, but can't figure out > how to do it. A workaround might be to make your Alt-uparrow script more sophisticated. e.g. in terms of, say, cdplay, it could look at the output of cdir and find PLAYING, then cdplay where n is the track being played, or 0, or cdstop if n is the last track. That means you only need the one keystroke. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
Hello. You could use 'loadkeys' only for binding predefined action to some key's sequence, but you cannot bind your own scripts to the keys. I have got the old Debian Hammer (2.0 R3, kernel 2.0.34) and I red somewhere that a way to run users's script binded to some key's sequence is 'inittab'. But this new kernel's feature is not well supported yet. I don't know if the newer kernel 2.2.14 manages it at best, and I didn't find out further information about it. I am sorry! Maybe you could look for further information in the last kernel's documentation "/usr/src/linux/Documentation/*". P.S. I unsubscribed from the mailing-list, so if you wish, you could forward this e-mail for me to 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Bye bye. -- Memo - Header --- To: Lorenzo Zampese/Electrolux Professional S.P.A./Italy/Electrolux Group cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: "Matthew W. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 11/01/2000 16.45.42 GMT 11/01/2000 17.46.35 Subject: Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations? - Memo - Message -- > > Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in > > inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and > > want another... > Use 'loadkeys'. Will `loadkeys' let me assign an arbitrary command to a key sequence? I've looked at the Console HOWTO and the loadkeys man pages and it appears that I can only do certain predefined things like switching consoles or showing the registers. Perhaps it will help if I get specific. Ctrl-Alt-Delete is set to reboot the computer (as usual). Then I mapped the Alt-UpArrow to play a CD in my CD-ROM drive so I can play a CD without logging in. I would like to have Alt-DownArrow skip to the next track, but can't figure out how to do it. -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas A&M University Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.
Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
> > Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in > > inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and > > want another... > Use 'loadkeys'. Will `loadkeys' let me assign an arbitrary command to a key sequence? I've looked at the Console HOWTO and the loadkeys man pages and it appears that I can only do certain predefined things like switching consoles or showing the registers. Perhaps it will help if I get specific. Ctrl-Alt-Delete is set to reboot the computer (as usual). Then I mapped the Alt-UpArrow to play a CD in my CD-ROM drive so I can play a CD without logging in. I would like to have Alt-DownArrow skip to the next track, but can't figure out how to do it. -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas A&M University Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.
Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
Use 'loadkeys'. Bye -- Memo - Header --- To: debian-user@lists.debian.org cc: From: "Matthew W. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 10/01/2000 22.07.47 GMT 10/01/2000 23.08.19 Subject: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations? - Memo - Message -- Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and want another... Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas A&M University For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. -- Steven Wright -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and want another... Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas A&M University For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. -- Steven Wright
