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When I go onto the Kubuntu live cd, the extra keyboard keys work flawlessly, even the email button launches KMail. I just don't know how they do it! At the moment I'm running KDE4 on Arch Linux..is there any way to transfer the settings?
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you need to write an .Xmodmap file in your home directory.
mine looks like
$ cat ~/.Xmodmap
keycode 178 = XF86HomePage
keycode 236 = XF86Mail
keycode 234 = XF86Back
keycode 233 = XF86Forward
keycode 229 = XF86Search
keycode 231 = XF86Refresh
you fine your keycode by running xev and then pushing your function button, in the output there should be a keycode you then need to link it to a name listed in the /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB file, this will link the key, the name can be any from that file. you can assign actions to your keys from the kcontrol center.
X should automatically load the keycodes when it starts, you can also test them by running
$ xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
Last edited by drewbie (2008-02-04 00:28:59)
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You don't always need that, if your DE has a configuration utility to select a keyboard layout/mapping. For KDE 3, it's KControl > Regional blah blah > Keyboard Layout. Your laptop/keyboard model may not be there, but there are close matches of the same brand. For my Compaq V3000 the Armada works, except for the Quick Play button and 3-4 function buttons (www, sleep, and two more i don't know what they're for). I used showkey to map the first during startup, and have it launch my favourite video player. The function buttons don't work, but I don't worry about those as I can bind them with some other button, like the super/win key and launch different browsers, initiate suspend etc.
Last edited by schivmeister (2008-02-04 04:43:37)
I need real, proper pen and paper for this.
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what about openbox?
Archlinux on Compaq Presario v5000 laptop
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The hotkeys article in the wiki adopts a very low level approach which might be difficult, but works everywhere
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