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jam1015

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Registered: 2022-05-17

Posts: 3

PgUp/Dn Keys Recognized with archinstall but not with manual install

I installed before with archinstall. PgUp and PgDown worked in that installation and wer pickec up by xev

I am using xorg  with i3 window manager.

in my .Xmodmap I have:

keycode 112 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 117 = XF86AudioLowerVolume

which correspond to the keycodes for PgUp and PgDown respectively.

In the manual install, which I am currently using, xev gives me this

VFocusIn event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyPointer

KeymapNotify event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   

FocusOut event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyPointer

for pgup

and

FocusIn event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyPointer

KeymapNotify event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32  0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   

FocusOut event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyPointer

for pgdown

This seems to indicate that a scancode is generated but not a keycode.

I tried to fix it with

setxkbmap -model kinesis -layout us -variant mac -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" -option "ctrl:swapcaps"

in my .xinitrc this doesn't work.

So I am wondering if anyone knows a way off hand to how to make pgup and pgdown be recognized so I can use them in .Xmodmap

This is true both for the build-in keboard of my laptop and an external Kinesis Freestyle 2 for Mac.

Last edited by jam1015 (2022-05-17 17:38:24)

jam1015

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Registered: 2022-05-17

Posts: 3

Re: PgUp/Dn Keys Recognized with archinstall but not with manual install

Found the problem is from my .Xmodmap.  Will fix and mark as solved.

jam1015

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Registered: 2022-05-17

Posts: 3

Re: PgUp/Dn Keys Recognized with archinstall but not with manual install

added pactl info > /dev/null to .xinitrc

somehow make the volume controls  work