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MakiseSkon

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Registered: 2021-03-04

Posts: 2

xbindkeys and i3

I did some configuration for my mouse buttons in xbindkeys. Everything works, but I can't for the life of me autostart xbindkeys.
I attempted to do this via the i3 config file. I have tried:

 exec --no-startup-id xbindkeys -f $HOME/.xbindkeysrc 

and

 exec xbindkeys 

but no luck so far.

My .xbindkeysrc config file is in the default home location, and it contains the following:

# thumb wheel up => increase volume and unmute      
"amixer -D pulse set Master 4000+ unmute"
   b:7                                   
                                        
# thumb wheel down => lower volume       
"amixer -D pulse set Master 4000-"       
   b:6                                   
                                        

Last edited by MakiseSkon (2021-07-09 07:31:33)

MakiseSkon

Member

Registered: 2021-03-04

Posts: 2

Re: xbindkeys and i3

Nvm after the last update it just works for some reason.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,327

Re: xbindkeys and i3

Please mark the thread as [SOLVED]. Unrelated, but as it has a good chance of eventually biting you in subtle ways, use  pactl to control pulseaudio volume as reccommended in: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xbindk … io_control