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Registered: 2011-01-16

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WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

Hello,

I am trying to get my multimedia keys to work. I don't know why, but all the "music" keys (next, prev, pause, ...) work, but nothing related to sound.

Here is the output of xinput:

⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HID-compliant Mouse HID-compliant Mouse 	id=9	[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)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                            	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Eee PC WMI hotkeys                      	id=13	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB Keyboard                            	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB Keyboard Consumer Control           	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB Keyboard System Control             	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]

Here is the output of setxkbmap -print -query

xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)"	};
};
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us

Thank you very much in advance for any help.

Last edited by Scriptor (2020-05-23 14:47:15)

seth

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Re: WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

Does not work "how"?
Do they produce output in xev or "sudo libinput debug-events"?
What are they bound to (xbindkeys, some DE shortcut handler)?

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Re: WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

Hello,

Thank you for your quick reply. Here is the output from xev when trying to perform a "mute" key:

FocusOut event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor

FocusOut event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyPointer

FocusIn event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor

KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

What seems strange is that sudo libinput debug-events seems to recognize the key.

When the keys work I can see XF86.... But here I don't see anything.

Thank you very much for your help.

Last edited by Scriptor (2020-05-23 15:10:23)

seth

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Re: WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

Thats typical for a passive keyboard grab, so
a) the key works
b) some daemon holds a grab on it (you'll have to elaborate on your setup here)
c) apparently that daemon does not what you want it to do (mute the speaker)

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Re: WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

Hello,

Thats typical for a passive keyboard grab, so
a) the key works
b) some daemon holds a grab on it (you'll have to elaborate on your setup here)
c) apparently that daemon does not what you want it to do (mute the speaker)

So if I understand well, I need to find the daemon responsible for this behavior ?

Thank you very much for your help.

seth

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Re: WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

Yes.

xdotool key "XF86LogGrabInfo"

will dump all grabs into the xorg log.
It should be easier  to spot if you delay (sleep 5) the call and press (and hold) the relevant key over its execution because the grab will likely turn active.

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Re: WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

Yes.

xdotool key "XF86LogGrabInfo"

will dump all grabs into the xorg log.
It should be easier  to spot if you delay (sleep 5) the call and press (and hold) the relevant key over its execution because the grab will likely turn active.

I'm really sorry but I'm not quite sure to understand how this work. I'm not sure what to do after executing xdotool key "XF86LogGrabInfo".

Thank you for your time and patience.

seth

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Re: WASD Code keyboard V2 Multimedia Keys

The key is a server shortcut that prints all grabs into the xorg log. The position of that depends on your setup, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xo … leshooting
The list will hint what keycodes are grabbed by which client, but if you didn't set up an external daemon like xbindkeys, this will likely be some part of your desktop environment (kde, gnome, xfce and even fluxbox and openbox have their own global shortcut systems built in)

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