special keys on a Sony VAIO

Thu Jan 6 04:28:49 GMT 2005

From LinuxFormat Issue 62:
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Unsupported keboards [ or keys ]

If there is no entry for the board in the LinEAK config file, you will have to 
make one from scratch.

3 steps:

The first job can be accomplished in two ways. the first is to open a term and 
type xev. This outputs to the screen all the input dataa received via the 
mouse or keyboard. Pressing a key should output something like this:

KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2a00001,
    root 0x40, subw 0x2a00002, time 14620748, (44,50), root:(719,608),
    state 0x0, keycode 45 (keysym 0x6b, k), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6b) "k"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6b) "k"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

The important part here is keycode 45, which corresponds to the 'k' key. Hit 
each of the multimedia keys in turn and write down it's name and keycode.. 
Users of klineakconfig have it even easier, they can just right clikc on the 
system tray icon for linEAK and select 'configure keyboard'.. The resulting 
dialog has a space that shows the keycodes of depressed keys.
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Well, that did the trick for my multimedia keys on a Dell Inspiron laptop. See 
how you get on with that. Just remember that klineakconfig was what got my 
setup working. I have more info here if you need it but I have no 
recollection of how I did it so I have to send you the excerpt from the 
article :)
Jarlath

On Wednesday 05 January 2005 06:08 pm, Steve Turnbull wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 21:32 -0500, JR wrote:
> > I agree that lineak is difficult to set up. However, if you are using
> > Mandrake, it's as simple as
> >
> > urmpi lineak
> > urpmi klineak
> >
> > Alternatively, if you can find a distro specific build, I can help you
> > with setting up the extra keys - just get it installed first.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Jarlath
>
> Thanks for the replies and sorry for the double post...
>
> I uninstalled kmilo and this allowed the DVD eject button towork
> straight away :-)
>
> I have now installed the lineakd apps via 'apt-get'. I have tried to set
> it up but like you say it isn't easy. The main difficulty is that I
> don't know which keyboard config to use - my laptop's a VAIO VGN-A217M
>
> Setup help appreciated
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
> > On Wednesday 05 January 2005 05:00 pm, Thomas McGuire wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 05 January 2005 20:13, Steve Turnbull wrote:
> > > > Has any one any idea how to associate special keys in KDE, remember
> > > > it works in Gnome so it's not a hardware issue...
> > >
> > > I use lineak for this, but the program is difficult to set up.
> > > Furthermore, the KDE frontend did not compile for me.
> > >
> > > Another method is described below, taken from the new KDE user guide:
> > > > Many modern keyboards contain extra keys that are not by default
> > > > assigned to any action.
> > > > “Multimedia” keys often generate a signal, and can simply
> > > > be chosen as a keybinding within an application just like choosing
> > > > any
> > >
> > > other
> > >
> > > > key. Some keys however, are not detected and pressing them in a
> > > > Configure Shortcuts has no effect.
> > > > Some IBM laptops, for instance, have extra keys about the left and
> > > > right arrows, which look like page left and page
> > > > right.
> > > > Use xev to find the code of the keys.  In
> > > > this case, they are 233 and 234
> > > >
> > > > Choose key symbols. There are quite a range of these that are not
> > > > used by default, so many are free.  You can find the list in
> > > > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h (or its equivalent
> > > > on your system).
> > > > Create a file in your home directory called
> > > > .Xmodmap, and add to it the following:
> > > > keycode 233 = Next_Virtual_Screen
> > > > keycode 234 = Prev_Virtual_Screen
> > > > Run the command xmodmap~/.Xmodmap
> > > > At this point, you should be able to run xev again
> > > > and see that the keys now generate the keysym that you assigned.  You
> > >
> > > can now
> > >
> > > > simply assign them to any action as normal.
> > > > Related Information
> > > > The xev manpage.  You can see this by typing
> > > > man:/xev into a Konqueror window or by typing
> > > > man xev into a terminal.
> > >
> > > Please don't post to more than one mailing list.
> > >
> > > Hope that helps,
> > > Thomas
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