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cdarken

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Registered: 2014-12-28

Posts: 2

Xmodmap: problems emulating multimedia keys

Using xmodmap I have remapped my Menu key to Mode_switch and used the modifier to emulate some multimedia keys, like this:

keycode  75 = F9 F9 XF86AudioPlay F9 F9 F9 XF86Switch_VT_9 F9 F9 XF86Switch_VT_9 F9 F9 F9 F9 XF86Switch_VT_9 F9 F9 F9 F9 XF86Switch_VT_9
keycode  76 = F10 F10 XF86AudioStop  F10 F10 F10 XF86Switch_VT_10 F10 F10 XF86Switch_VT_10 F10 F10 F10 F10 XF86Switch_VT_10 F10 F10 F10 F10 XF86Switch_VT_10
keycode  95 = F11 F11 XF86AudioPrev F11 F11 F11 XF86Switch_VT_11 F11 F11 XF86Switch_VT_11 F11 F11 F11 F11 XF86Switch_VT_11 F11 F11 F11 F11 XF86Switch_VT_11
keycode  96 = F12 F12 XF86AudioNext F12 F12 F12 XF86Switch_VT_12 F12 F12 XF86Switch_VT_12 F12 F12 F12 F12 XF86Switch_VT_12 F12 F12 F12 F12 XF86Switch_VT_12
keycode  78 = Scroll_Lock NoSymbol XF86AudioLowerVolume NoSymbol Scroll_Lock Scroll_Lock
keycode 107 = Print Sys_Req XF86AudioMute Sys_Req Print Sys_Req Print Sys_Req
keycode 127 = Pause Break XF86AudioRaiseVolume Break Pause Break Pause Break
keycode 135 = Mode_switch


clear mod3
clear mod4
clear mod5

!add shift =      Shift_L  Shift_R
!add lock  =      Caps_Lock
!add control =    Control_L  Control_R
!add mod1    =    Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R
!add mod2    =    Num_Lock

add mod3    =    Mode_switch
add mod4    =    Super_L Hyper_L
add mod5    =    ISO_Level3_Shift

Testing with xev, I see that the codes are sent correctly.
But in kde, only mute button works.
The other controls, like volume up/down, etc, are ignored.

My intention was to emulate the behavior of Fn + various keys from laptops and keyboards with similar functionality.

Any thoughts what is wrong? I searched a lot of info and didn't find any clues.

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,019

Re: Xmodmap: problems emulating multimedia keys

Have you tried configuring kmix's shortcuts?

cdarken

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Registered: 2014-12-28

Posts: 2

Re: Xmodmap: problems emulating multimedia keys

Yeah, I forgot to mention, when I try to set a new custom shortcut, and I press first Menu, it doesn't wait for the next key and I the label changes to unprintable characters.