Hi,
I'd like to know where to report problems with key mappings.
On my hardware (Dell Inspiron 6000) there are 'media buttons' (mute, vol+/-, play, next, prev, stop) which are detected as keypresses with an unmapped keycode.
I can find the keycodes using xev, then I can map them to something useful using xmodmap, then compatible applications (eg. rhythmbox) do the right thing when the buttons are pressed.
The first problem is that the keys are initially unmapped; a secondary problem is that some controls (eg. volume popup) don't respond to the volume keys when they probably should.
So, where can I tell someone about this mapping? Which package needs some extra config? I should be able to provide a patch.
-Cam
Dnia 27-03-2006, pon o godzinie 12:17 +0100, Cam napisał(a):
The first problem is that the keys are initially unmapped; a secondary problem is that some controls (eg. volume popup) don't respond to the volume keys when they probably should.
1. Write your modmaps to /etc/X11/Xmodmap. I use add mod4 = Super_L add mod4 = Super_R because Super behavior is broken in Xorg since several years now (it was long before XFree86 split), pity. I haven't found a way to do it via GUI. The gnome-keyboard-properties dialog make it work if I go there and click the option every time I log in. My CLI way is superior and I recommend it.
2. Maybe offtopic, but I had a problem with volume controls not responding because of bug in system-config-sound (there's a bug in bugzilla for it). It breaks the default device in /etc/asound.conf under some circumstances. If you have two sound cards, maybe that's the cause :)
Lam
Leszek
The first problem is that the keys are initially unmapped; a secondary problem is that some controls (eg. volume popup) don't respond to the volume keys when they probably should.
- Write your modmaps to /etc/X11/Xmodmap. I use
Thanks for the reply - yes I can write to xmodmap but should every user do this?
Couldn't I add a new keyboard type to the system which already includes the mappings, maybe even have anaconda detect the keyboard?
-Cam
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:45:28 +0100 Cam camilo@mesias.co.uk wrote:
The first problem is that the keys are initially unmapped; a secondary problem is that some controls (eg. volume popup) don't respond to the volume keys when they probably should.
- Write your modmaps to /etc/X11/Xmodmap. I use
Thanks for the reply - yes I can write to xmodmap but should every user do this?
Couldn't I add a new keyboard type to the system which already includes the mappings, maybe even have anaconda detect the keyboard?
Don't know if this has been mentioned before in the conversation but many keyboards already have full mappings provided which the user can select by running gnome-keyboard-properties. Adding additional types for selection would be helpful.
Sean
sean
Don't know if this has been mentioned before in the conversation but many keyboards already have full mappings provided which the user can select by running gnome-keyboard-properties. Adding additional types for selection would be helpful.
Now I'm amazed. I stuggled to find the right mappings and put them into an xmodmap file - only to find that there was a perfectly good 'keyboard model' hidden in gnome-keyboard-properties. (Thanks Sean!)
I think there are two problems here.
1. the name wasn't intuitive enough: "Laptop/notebook Dell Inspiron 6xxx/8xxx". I might have had a chance if the list was presented as a hierarchy, or if it was under Dell or Inspiron.
2. it's too easy to choose a working (but incorrect) key model when installing.
Is this deserving of a bugzilla entry?
-Cam
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:14:42 +0100 Cam camilo@mesias.co.uk wrote:
Now I'm amazed. I stuggled to find the right mappings and put them into an xmodmap file - only to find that there was a perfectly good 'keyboard model' hidden in gnome-keyboard-properties. (Thanks Sean!)
I think there are two problems here.
- the name wasn't intuitive enough: "Laptop/notebook Dell Inspiron
6xxx/8xxx". I might have had a chance if the list was presented as a hierarchy, or if it was under Dell or Inspiron.
- it's too easy to choose a working (but incorrect) key model when
installing.
Is this deserving of a bugzilla entry?
An RFE maybe, although maybe it is more appropriate upstream? I honestly don't know.
I have run into the problem as well, not knowing which of 10 models actually matched the keyboard in front of me. Not sure how to make it easier unless each and every keyboard model can be listed explicitly somehow.
The cat's meow would be to have pictures of each keyboard too; would that be legal?
Sean
sean
The cat's meow would be to have pictures of each keyboard too; would that be legal?
Or... maybe gnome-keyboard-properties would detect that you are running with a basic keyboard, and ask if you have any media keys... Then asked you to press 'Play', and as many more keys as it takes to match the hardware to a map...
-Cam
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