Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:52:57 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Alokat <mailing@alokat.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound with FN Button Message-ID: <20110324215257.4da534c4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4D8BA955.3090506@alokat.org> References: <4D8BA955.3090506@alokat.org>
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:28:05 +0100, Alokat <mailing@alokat.org> wrote: > Hi, > > how can I use the FN Buttons to regular the sound? > I'm using fluxbox. Use the "xev" program to check which keysymbols (or at least codes) are output by those keys. For example, on my Sun keyboard I have those for audio: 141 142 143 Then write a file ~/.xmodmaprc to assign names to those keys, for example: ! Sound off keycode 141 = F24 ! Lower volume keycode 142 = F25 ! Raise volume keycode 143 = F26 You can also use SunAudioMute SunAudioLowerVolume SunAudioRaiseVolume or XF86AudioMute XF86AudioLowerVolume XF86AudioRaiseVolume I decided to continue the enumeration as function keys for all the extra keys on my keyboard. :-) Incorporate the settings upon X startup, using ~/.xinitrc or maybe ~/.xsession: xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc Then use the keyboard action configuration of Fluxbox. As I don't use it anymore, I can't tell you where it is, but there should be a configuration file which selects which action to be taken when a specific key is pressed. I'm using WindowMaker's configuration utility for that. I did add menu entries and set a custom key for them. For example, I made the following settings: F24 -> mixer 0 F25 -> mixer vol -5 F26 -> mixer vol +5 You should be able to find a similar approach in FLuxbox. I'm sure you got the idea: You identify what the keys DO and then connect them to a keyname. This keyname is then connected to a specific program call, "mixer" with the intended parameters in case of volume control. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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