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rhoit

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Registered: 2012-07-05

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how do i map dell_wmi

felt why to waste the 3 dell_wmi keys lets make some gud use to it!
but i'm not able map it!

[rho@i7520 ~]$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                	id=12	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Integrated Webcam                       	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                        	id=13	[slave  keyboard (3)]

xev was not able to detect but dmesg show something
dmesg output

[ 8270.276114] dell_wmi: Unknown key e02a pressed
[ 8270.488822] dell_wmi: Unknown key e02c pressed
[ 8274.669494] dell_wmi: Unknown key e024 pressed

EDITED:
going through https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Setkeycodes

[root@i7520 ~]# setkeycodes e024 112

now i'm stuck!

Last edited by rhoit (2013-01-20 07:35:39)

AndreeeCZ

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Registered: 2011-09-28

Posts: 11

Re: how do i map dell_wmi

Almost a year later, but having exactly the same problem. Anyone successfully mapped the keys?

rhoit

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Registered: 2012-07-05

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Re: how do i map dell_wmi

I gave up! long time ago.. but i found something by accident "Super+q" maps to one of the dell_wmi.