* Paul Groves [06-27-17 09:22]: [...]

So now I need to know how can I add this to the xmodmap configuration.

I found a very old article from 2004 that said to save the lines in ~/.Xmodmap but the file did not exist and it does not work when I log out or reboot.

man xmodmap: xmodmap [-options ...] [filename] ... The filename specifies a file containing xmodmap expressions to be executed. This file is usually kept in the user's home directory with a name like .xmodmaprc. so it probably will not find ".Xmodmap" as it specifies it looks for ".xmodmap". -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Paul Groves [06-27-17 09:45]:

On 27/06/17 14:39, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Paul Groves [06-27-17 09:22]: [...]

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So now I need to know how can I add this to the xmodmap configuration.

I found a very old article from 2004 that said to save the lines in ~/.Xmodmap but the file did not exist and it does not work when I log out or reboot. man xmodmap: xmodmap [-options ...] [filename] ... The filename specifies a file containing xmodmap expressions to be executed. This file is usually kept in the user's home directory with a name like .xmodmaprc.

so it probably will not find ".Xmodmap" as it specifies it looks for ".xmodmap".

Scratch that for now. Ubuntu does not use this anymore apparently it uses xkb

However, I found I found:

keycode 156 = XF86Launch1 NoSymbol XF86Launch1 keycode 157 = XF86Launch2 NoSymbol XF86Launch2 keycode 210 = XF86Launch3 NoSymbol XF86Launch3 keycode 211 = XF86Launch4 NoSymbol XF86Launch4

so I have used these keycodes for HK1 to 4 and I can assign them in the gui

now just to run the script at boot?

put them in ~/.xmodmap and they will be read when <user> logs in, iiuc. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Wednesday, 28 June 2017 0:20:43 ACST Paul Groves wrote:

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[...] put them in ~/.xmodmap and they will be read when <user> logs in, iiuc.

I just booted to opensuse and that works but in ubuntu it doesn't. Ubuntu apparently uses xkb and ignores the ~./xmodmap file

Anyway as I said If found the Launch keycodes which work fine so it solves that problem but I need to run the script with all the setkeycode commands at boot

I tried the usual /etc/init.d /etc/init.d/rc.local /etc/rc.local

A few places online say ubuntu no longer uses rc.local ans uses /etc/rc#.d where # is the runlevel, So i ran the command runlevel which told me normal boot is runlevel 5

So I put my script in /etc/rc5.d and gave it execute permissions, reboot and it didn't run :(

Where on earth am I supposed to put this script to run at boot? If I drop to tty2 and run it manually it works but if I run it under X or from cron it cannot change key maps.

You don’t put scripts in the rcX.d directories - put them in /etc/init.d, then (on Ubuntu) use update-rc.d to create the symlinks in the appropriate rcX.d directories. You’ll need to have all the correct headers in the file (required-start, required-stop, runlevels etc), so look at existing init.d scripts and use them as a template. Bear in mind that debian/Ubuntu has now moved to systemd, and sysvinit is now deprecated (although lots of packages still use init scripts). Instead of writing an init script, you could write a systemd unit file and have systemd execute the script. The final result should be the same, but you’re “future proofing” it by not relying on a deprecated subsystem. HTH. Rodney. -- ============================================================== Rodney Baker rodney@jeremiah31-10.net ============================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 27/06/17 16:11, Rodney Baker wrote:

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I just booted to opensuse and that works but in ubuntu it doesn't. Ubuntu apparently uses xkb and ignores the ~./xmodmap file

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And for future reference, Ubuntu-specific questions are probably best asked on an Ubuntu-related mailing list, rather than the openSuSE mailing list. Notwithstanding the fact that there are probably others here like myself who are familiar with both, there’s likely a larger pool from which to get expert answers that way. :)

If you check OP I did do that first, once 2 years ago and a few weeks back but no reply at all on either :( OpenSUSE list is better :D -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Wednesday, 28 June 2017 0:53:52 ACST Paul Groves wrote:

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Bear in mind that debian/Ubuntu has now moved to systemd, and sysvinit is now deprecated (although lots of packages still use init scripts). Instead of writing an init script, you could write a systemd unit file and have systemd execute the script. The final result should be the same, but you’re “future proofing” it by not relying on a deprecated subsystem.

HTH. Rodney.

Perfect! I found this using your advice

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-f or-systemd#47715

I made the file /etc/systemd/system/ tinykb9805.service (below) which runs my script (has to be executable)

then I ran systemctl enable tinykb9805.service then I ran systemctl start tinykb9805.service

and it works! Even after reboot :)

File:

[Unit] Description=Re-map the Tiny KB-9805 PS/2 Keyboard Hotkeys

[Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/home/paul/ownCloud/bin/tinykb9805_map.sh

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

Now all of my hotkeys are working fine!

Thanks for all the help everyone.

One annoyance though is the scroll lock LED does not work. I will start a new thread for this.

Good job! Glad you got it working. The nice thing is that the systemd approach will be portable across systemd-based distros (which should be pretty much all of them soon), so the same solution should work on openSuSE as it does on Ubuntu. And, yes, this list is better. :) -- ============================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au ============================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

27.06.2017 18:23, Paul Groves пишет:

I made the file /etc/systemd/system/ tinykb9805.service (below) which runs my script (has to be executable)

then I ran systemctl enable tinykb9805.service then I ran systemctl start tinykb9805.service

and it works! Even after reboot :)

File:

[Unit] Description=Re-map the Tiny KB-9805 PS/2 Keyboard Hotkeys

Using modern udev you can put custom keys in hwdb and they will be applied by udev as soon as device appears. hwdb provides efficient lookup by product/vendor and other unique device properties. You can even submit your modifications upstream so that others will benefit from them :) For primer you can look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Map_scancodes_to_keycodes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

OK so I have a new PC which has no PS/2 ports. So I have a usb to Ps/2 adapter. Now my keyboard keys do not work again. They keycodes are the same as before but the script I wrote errors with a message like this for each key: setkeycodes: failed to set scancode b0 to keycode 202: ioctl KDSETKEYCODE: Invalid argument Can anyone see why setkeycodes is failing? I cannot work it out. If I can get this to work I would like to submit the keymaps so I don't have to do this in future. (and so others can use my keyboard model too). Have a look at this guy's video. The first keyboard is the one I have. https://youtu.be/XEWuXINbS9Q Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks Paul This is my script which is being run as a service with systemd (which was working): #!/bin/sh # Tiny KB-9805 Keyboard # # Re-map Tiny Online Button (scancode e020) to XF86HomePage (xmodmap id 180) setkeycodes e020 172 # Re-map Close Program Button (scancode e023) to XF86Close (xmodmap id 182) setkeycodes e023 174 # Re-map HK1 (scancode e032) to XF86Launch1 (xmodmap id 156) setkeycodes e032 148 # Re-map HK2 (scancode e012) to XF86Launch2 (xmodmap id 157) setkeycodes e012 149 # Re-map HK3 (scancode e030) to XF86Launch3 (xmodmap id 210) setkeycodes e030 202 # Re-map HK4 (scancode e021) to XF86Launch4 (xmodmap id 211) setkeycodes e021 203 # Re-map Prev Track (scancode e02e) to XF86AudioPrev (xmodmap id 173) setkeycodes e02e 165 # Re-map Stop (scancode e024) to XF86AudioStop (xmodmap id 174) setkeycodes e024 166 # Re-map Play (scancode e022) to XF86AudioPlay / XF86AudioPause (xmodmap id 172) setkeycodes e022 164 # Re-map Next Track (scancode e019) to XF86AudioPrev (xmodmap id 171) setkeycodes e019 163 # Re-map vol + (scancode e026) to XF86AudioRaiseVolume (xmodmap id 123) setkeycodes e026 115 # Re-map vol - (scancode e01e) to XF86AudioLowerVolume (xmodmap id 122) setkeycodes e01e 114 # Re-map Mute (scancode e017) to XF86AudioMute (xmodmap id 121) setkeycodes e017 113 # Re-map Sleep (scancode e025) to XF86Sleep (xmodmap id 150) setkeycodes e025 142 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 09/03/2019 06:02, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:

Does it work if you boot without plymouth (plymouth.enable=0 on kernel command line) into text mode and call this command manually?

no, same problem.

Did you try to add entries to udev hwdb instead (man hwdb)?

I don't know how to do this. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Paul Groves [06-27-17 10:51]:

On 27/06/17 15:10, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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On 27/06/17 14:39, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Paul Groves [06-27-17 09:22]: [...]

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So now I need to know how can I add this to the xmodmap configuration.

I found a very old article from 2004 that said to save the lines in ~/.Xmodmap but the file did not exist and it does not work when I log out or reboot. man xmodmap: xmodmap [-options ...] [filename] ... The filename specifies a file containing xmodmap expressions to be executed. This file is usually kept in the user's home directory with a name like .xmodmaprc.

so it probably will not find ".Xmodmap" as it specifies it looks for ".xmodmap".

Scratch that for now. Ubuntu does not use this anymore apparently it uses xkb

However, I found I found:

keycode 156 = XF86Launch1 NoSymbol XF86Launch1 keycode 157 = XF86Launch2 NoSymbol XF86Launch2 keycode 210 = XF86Launch3 NoSymbol XF86Launch3 keycode 211 = XF86Launch4 NoSymbol XF86Launch4

so I have used these keycodes for HK1 to 4 and I can assign them in the gui

now just to run the script at boot?

* Paul Groves [06-27-17 09:45]: put them in ~/.xmodmap and they will be read when <user> logs in, iiuc.

I just booted to opensuse and that works but in ubuntu it doesn't. Ubuntu apparently uses xkb and ignores the ~./xmodmap file

Anyway as I said If found the Launch keycodes which work fine so it solves that problem but I need to run the script with all the setkeycode commands at boot

I tried the usual /etc/init.d /etc/init.d/rc.local /etc/rc.local

A few places online say ubuntu no longer uses rc.local ans uses /etc/rc#.d where # is the runlevel, So i ran the command runlevel which told me normal boot is runlevel 5

So I put my script in /etc/rc5.d and gave it execute permissions, reboot and it didn't run :(

Where on earth am I supposed to put this script to run at boot? If I drop to tty2 and run it manually it works but if I run it under X or from cron it cannot change key maps.

consider ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org