Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:35:55 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP pavillion dv8000 hotkey mappings Message-ID: <444psut9k4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <455E1159.9000605@wmptl.com> (Nathan Vidican's message of "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:45:29 -0500") References: <455E1159.9000605@wmptl.com>
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Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> writes: > Does anyone know how to make use of the hotkeys for multimedia > functions? (ie: play/pause, stop, prev, next, vol-up, vol-down, mute, > etc) ... Have found several articles on these machines, but most > pertaining to the way one particular linux distro vs another makes use > of these keys. > > Most specifically, I'd like to get them to work from within kde, mixer > function more than anything (need quick mute/vol-up/down - could live > without the rest). I'm just not sure where/how to map the keys using > freebsd/xorg? > > Hoping it'll be something simple, but what? - or is this something > more complex regarding acpi ? > > Any ideas, suggestions, comments, or redirects greatly appreciated. If they produce x events (check with xev), then they can be mapped like any other event. I recently had such a keyboard, however, and those keys didn't produce any events. I didn't have a chance to play with it much, though; I had to get rid of it for unrelated reasons.
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