[opensuse] substitute win key
I use a very old Gateway 2000 programmable keyboard made by AnyKey, circa 1992, which was made before win keys were on keyboards. I want to change one of the "extra" keys to function as the win key. The key to change reports from xev: KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xa400001, root 0x29e, subw 0x0, time 195870622, (1244,164), root:(1244,189), state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffaa, KP_Multiply), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xa400001, root 0x29e, subw 0x0, time 195870686, (1244,164), root:(1244,189), state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffaa, KP_Multiply), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XFilterEvent returns: False showkey reports: keycode 55 press keycode 55 release the win key reports from xev: KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001, root 0x2b9, subw 0x0, time 200945745, (-538,353), root:(555,382), state 0x0, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001, root 0x2b9, subw 0x0, time 200945858, (-538,353), root:(555,382), state 0x40, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False showkey reports: keycode 125 press keycode 125 release What should I do? tks, -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> [08-06-15 20:05]:
I use a very old Gateway 2000 programmable keyboard made by AnyKey, circa 1992, which was made before win keys were on keyboards.
I want to change one of the "extra" keys to function as the win key. The key to change reports from xev:
KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xa400001, root 0x29e, subw 0x0, time 195870622, (1244,164), root:(1244,189), state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffaa, KP_Multiply), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xa400001, root 0x29e, subw 0x0, time 195870686, (1244,164), root:(1244,189), state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffaa, KP_Multiply), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XFilterEvent returns: False
showkey reports: keycode 55 press keycode 55 release
the win key reports from xev:
KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001, root 0x2b9, subw 0x0, time 200945745, (-538,353), root:(555,382), state 0x0, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001, root 0x2b9, subw 0x0, time 200945858, (-538,353), root:(555,382), state 0x40, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False
showkey reports: keycode 125 press keycode 125 release
What should I do?
I guess I had better substitute another key-combination as the key I intended is the same key-code as two other keys on this keyboard :( tks, -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/06/2015 08:02 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I use a very old Gateway 2000 programmable keyboard made by AnyKey, circa 1992, which was made before win keys were on keyboards.
I want to change one of the "extra" keys to function as the win key. The key to change reports from xev:
KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xa400001, root 0x29e, subw 0x0, time 195870622, (1244,164), root:(1244,189), state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffaa, KP_Multiply), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xa400001, root 0x29e, subw 0x0, time 195870686, (1244,164), root:(1244,189), state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffaa, KP_Multiply), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2a) "*" XFilterEvent returns: False
showkey reports: keycode 55 press keycode 55 release
the win key reports from xev:
KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001, root 0x2b9, subw 0x0, time 200945745, (-538,353), root:(555,382), state 0x0, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001, root 0x2b9, subw 0x0, time 200945858, (-538,353), root:(555,382), state 0x40, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False
showkey reports: keycode 125 press keycode 125 release
What should I do?
tks, Not sure what all the above means. I made the * key on the numeric keyboard into the left Windows key, using one of the free key programming programs. (Using an IBM model M keyboard--probably the best keyboard ever made, altho loud for an office.) It wasn't as complicated as what you have above. You don't need the Win key in Windows 7, but you need it to log into Windows 8/8.1. Either ctrl-esc or alt-esc will allow you to log in if you don't have anything else. (I forget which--I'm not on a Win 8.1 machine now.)
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* doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [08-06-15 20:24]: [...]
Not sure what all the above means. I made the * key on the numeric keyboard into the left Windows key, using one of the free key programming programs. (Using an IBM model M keyboard--probably the best keyboard ever made, altho loud for an office.) It wasn't as complicated as what you have above. You don't need the Win key in Windows 7, but you need it to log into Windows 8/8.1. Either ctrl-esc or alt-esc will allow you to log in if you don't have anything else. (I forget which--I'm not on a Win 8.1 machine now.)
Really *only* concerned with linux/openSUSE. I *don't* use windoz -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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