Logitech Multimedia Keyboard.
Hello, Is there any easy way to configure the multimedia keys such as volume control etc on my Logitech keyboard to work with KDE Suse 10? I read about a tool called hoykeys, but it does not seem to be available in yast software packages. Any pointers will be appreciated. Thank you!
Ahoy-Hoy! On Sunday 27 November 2005 20:25, Shibu Basheer wrote:
Hello,
Is there any easy way to configure the multimedia keys such as volume control etc on my Logitech keyboard to work with KDE Suse 10?
I read about a tool called hoykeys, but it does not seem to be available in yast software packages.
Any pointers will be appreciated.
I'll second that. I have an HP keyboard with lots of extra buttons and even a volume control knob (which actually works to adjust the volume under Windows without even installing any device-specific software).
Thank you!
Yes, thanks in advance to anyone who can put us onto the facts and / or software we'll need to more fully exploit these keyboards. Randall Schulz
On Sunday 27 November 2005 08:45 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Ahoy-Hoy!
On Sunday 27 November 2005 20:25, Shibu Basheer wrote:
Hello,
Is there any easy way to configure the multimedia keys such as volume control etc on my Logitech keyboard to work with KDE Suse 10?
Yes. Lineak - http://lineak.sourceforge.net/ Go to YaST, and install everything you see when searching for lineak. Once done and rebooted (yes, I mean to say that) go to the lizard menu and select Utilities > Desktop > KLineakconfig. You should be able to find your keyboard or and equivelant there. I have my Dell Inspiron 600m set to Inspiron 8600. If you want the on screen display with the cool green bars for volume up/down/mute, then install xosd and lineak_xosdplugin.
Yes, thanks in advance to anyone who can put us onto the facts and / or software we'll need to more fully exploit these keyboards.
Hopefully you're welcome. -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part
On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 20:45 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Ahoy-Hoy!
On Sunday 27 November 2005 20:25, Shibu Basheer wrote:
Hello,
Is there any easy way to configure the multimedia keys such as volume control etc on my Logitech keyboard to work with KDE Suse 10?
I read about a tool called hoykeys, but it does not seem to be available in yast software packages.
Any pointers will be appreciated.
I'll second that. I have an HP keyboard with lots of extra buttons and even a volume control knob (which actually works to adjust the volume under Windows without even installing any device-specific software).
Thank you!
Yes, thanks in advance to anyone who can put us onto the facts and / or software we'll need to more fully exploit these keyboards.
In Sax select the correct keyboard by make and model. I don't know about HP keyboards, but Logitech has a number of them. Then use klineakconfig (Gecko->Utilities->Desktop->KLineakConfig. Once again select the keyboard during config. The version shipping with 10.0 now has a good number of pictures to help you select the correct model. One thing I'd suggest doing is to open a console window and invoke xev. Press your extended keys and see what xev returns as it reports key stroke that it recognizes. One other thing that I have done is to open xev check the keys and create a file that runs when I log in assigning keystrokes to "F" keys, which I was then able to assign as shortcut keys in the (KDE) menu editor. Here's a copy of that file FYI: #!/bin/sh #taken from using xev in a terminal xmodmap -e 'keycode 162=F21' #Play/Pause xmodmap -e 'keycode 178=F22' #Home xmodmap -e 'keycode 229=F22' #Search xmodmap -e 'keycode 174=F24' #Vol Down xmodmap -e 'keycode 230=F25' #Run xmodmap -e 'keycode 153=F26' #Forward xmodmap -e 'keycode 144=F27' #Back xmodmap -e 'keycode 164=F28' #Stop xmodmap -e 'keycode 176=F29' #Vol Up xmodmap -e 'keycode 236=F30' #Mail xmodmap -e 'keycode 233=F31' #Standby xmodmap -e 'keycode 160=F32' #Mute xmodmap -e 'keycode 147=F33' #ITouch xmodmap -e 'keycode 148=F13' #Shopping xmodmap -e 'keycode 237=F14' #Media xmodmap -e 'keycode 149=F15' #WebCam xmodmap -e 'keycode 145=F16' #Messenger xmodmap -e 'keycode 223=F17' #Moon Key xmodmap -e 'keycode 233=F18' #Go Key xmodmap -e 'keycode 234=F19' #Arrow Make sure that the files is in your ~/.kde/Autostart/ directory and chmod it to executable. HTH -- I got this from an old issue of Linux Format, the column was written by Hoyt Duff. Mike
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 00:25 -0400, Shibu Basheer wrote:
Hello,
Is there any easy way to configure the multimedia keys such as volume control etc on my Logitech keyboard to work with KDE Suse 10?
I read about a tool called hoykeys, but it does not seem to be available in yast software packages.
Any pointers will be appreciated.
Thank you! Try the package called lineakd.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
participants (5)
-
Kai Ponte -
Ken Schneider -
Mike McMullin -
Randall R Schulz -
Shibu Basheer