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boneyjellyfish

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Registered: 2007-06-22

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Keytouch having strange behavior on Dell Vostro 1500

I'm trying to configure the media buttons (mute, volume down, volume up, play/pause, prev song, next song, stop) on my laptop and luckily everything works great... until I reboot. For some reason, even though keytouch retains my configuration and the daemon is running, none of the buttons work. I actually have to go into the keytouch program and switch to a different configuration file, and then back to the one I made, before it will work again.

Does anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this problem/need any further information?

iggy

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Re: Keytouch having strange behavior on Dell Vostro 1500

did you tried esekeyd? it works perfect for me with my dell m1330 and logitech internet navigator.

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oliwer

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Re: Keytouch having strange behavior on Dell Vostro 1500

I have a Vostro 1500 myself and here is what I did.

First, create a .Xmodmap file in your home and put this in :

! Multimedia keys on Dell Vostro 1500

keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume

Then configure your desktop environment accordingly.

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boneyjellyfish

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Re: Keytouch having strange behavior on Dell Vostro 1500

did you tried esekeyd? it works perfect for me with my dell m1330 and logitech internet navigator.

This got the keys working, but is there any way to get the OSD to pop up when when I press my volume up/down keys? It did this in keytouch (when the program worked, anyway)

hokasch

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Re: Keytouch having strange behavior on Dell Vostro 1500

Besides having "keytouch" in your rc.conf DAEMONS array, did you load "keytouchd" at session startup (xsession or WM startup file, f.e.)?

timetrap

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Re: Keytouch having strange behavior on Dell Vostro 1500

Can you fine Vostro 1500 owners start a wiki page?

Here is an example that you can rip off:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_Vostro_1000

The more hardware guides we have the better.

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boneyjellyfish

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Registered: 2007-06-22

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Re: Keytouch having strange behavior on Dell Vostro 1500

Besides having "keytouch" in your rc.conf DAEMONS array, did you load "keytouchd" at session startup (xsession or WM startup file, f.e.)?

Yeah, I have keytouch set in rc.conf as well as keytouchd in my xfce autostarted applications. For some bizarre reason keytouch is now letting me use my media control keys (play, stop, etc.) but not my volume keys, even with esekeyd disabled.

I have a Vostro 1500 myself and here is what I did.

First, create a .Xmodmap file in your home and put this in :

! Multimedia keys on Dell Vostro 1500

keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume

Then configure your desktop environment accordingly.

Thanks, do you know how to set these in xfce?

Edit:

Here's my Vostro1500.Dell configuration file for keytouch:

<keyboard>
  <file-info>
    <syntax-version>1.1</syntax-version>
    <last-change format="%d-%m-%Y">20-06-2008</last-change>
    <author></author>
  </file-info>
  <keyboard-info>
    <keyboard-name>
      <manufacturer>Dell</manufacturer>
      <model>Vostro1500</model>
    </keyboard-name>
  </keyboard-info>
  <key-list>
    <key>
      <name>Mute</name>
      <scancode>160</scancode>
      <keycode>MUTE</keycode>
      <default-action action-type="plugin">
        <plugin-name>Amixer</plugin-name>
        <plugin-function>Mute</plugin-function>
      </default-action>
    </key>
    <key>
      <name>Volume Down</name>
      <scancode>174</scancode>
      <keycode>VOLUMEDOWN</keycode>
      <default-action action-type="plugin">
        <plugin-name>Amixer</plugin-name>
        <plugin-function>Volume decrease</plugin-function>
      </default-action>
    </key>
    <key>
      <name>Volume Up</name>
      <scancode>176</scancode>
      <keycode>VOLUMEUP</keycode>
      <default-action action-type="plugin">
        <plugin-name>Amixer</plugin-name>
        <plugin-function>Volume increase</plugin-function>
      </default-action>
    </key>
    <key>
      <name>Play/Pause</name>
      <scancode>162</scancode>
      <keycode>PLAYPAUSE</keycode>
      <default-action>audacious -t</default-action>
    </key>
    <key>
      <name>Previous song</name>
      <scancode>144</scancode>
      <keycode>PREVIOUSSONG</keycode>
      <default-action>audacious -r</default-action>
    </key>
    <key>
      <name>Next song</name>
      <scancode>153</scancode>
      <keycode>NEXTSONG</keycode>
      <default-action>audacious -f</default-action>
    </key>
    <key>
      <name>Stop CD</name>
      <scancode>164</scancode>
      <keycode>STOPCD</keycode>
      <default-action>audacious -s</default-action>
    </key>
  </key-list>
</keyboard>

Last edited by boneyjellyfish (2008-06-20 18:06:33)