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fionnan

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Registered: 2012-03-06

Posts: 11

[SOLVED] xbindkeys stopped working

Have been trying to map a display locker (slock or xlock) onto either a key or button.

Yesterday it seemed to work with this .xbindkeysrc config (below), but now it won't??

I can't seem to map any command onto anything, the volume/mute buttons still work though, interestingly.

xbindkeys only occasionally registers the button I was trying to use (thinkvantage, lenovo x220), however, I don't think that is the problem as volume/mute buttons also often fail to register but still work.

Have tried substituting xterm for rxvt or using "xlock&" instead but no luck.

Any suggestions would be great,

Thanks
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  GNU nano 2.2.6                        File: .xbindkeysrc                                             Modified 

# Increase volume
"amixer set Master playback 3+"
   m:0x0 + c:123
   XF86AudioRaiseVolume

# Decrease volume
"amixer set Master playback 3-"
   m:0x0 + c:122
   XF86AudioLowerVolume

# Toggle mute
"amixer set Master toggle"
   m:0x0 + c:121
   XF86AudioMute

# Lock screen
"rxvt -e slock"
   m:0x0 + c:156
   XF86Launch1

Last edited by fionnan (2012-03-21 16:50:39)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys stopped working

I generally don't rely on xbindkeys - not that it is unreliable, I just tend to use WM tools - so I am not as familiar with the syntax.

What WM/DE are you using?  Have you tried mapping the keys through that?

EDIT: Also, are you using xev to verify the keycodes?

Last edited by Trilby (2012-03-21 00:02:41)

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fionnan

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Registered: 2012-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys stopped working

I'm using xmonad, going to try to use that to launch xlock/slock instead. thanks for the suggestion.

xev registers everything, unlike xkeybindings, which might but sometimes says it isn't.

cheers

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys stopped working

The only quirk with Xmonad is to to use the raw keycode.  Some examples from my Xmonad.hs

	((0,					0x1008ff11),spawn "amixer set Master 4%-"),
	((0,					0x1008ff13),spawn "amixer set Master 4%+"),
	((0,					0x1008ff12),spawn "amixer set Master toggle"),

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skanky

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Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys stopped working

I use xbindkeys so that I don't have to change things if I switch WM (though I've been using scrotwm so long now, that might change).

I sometimes find that if I mess around with it too much it stops working and a reboot (or restart of X probably, I've not tried just that) fixes it. So if you haven't restarted, try that. If you have, you may be better off following the WM route as suggested.

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fionnan

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Registered: 2012-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys stopped working

Went for xmonad route in the end.

Thanks for the help!