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NobeyamaGP

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Registered: 2008-10-16

Posts: 39

Xbindkeys stopped working after latest update

I have a Logitech MX1000 mouse which I have the extra buttons working by xbindkeys. Well, after updating my system today, xbindkeys stopped working. My .xbindkeysrc file is as follows:

"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Alt_L]\[Left]""
m:0x0 + b:8 
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Alt_L]\[Right]""
m:0x0 + b:9
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Left]""
m:0x0 + b:6
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Right]""
m:0x0 + b:7
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[Home]""
m:0x0 + b:11
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[End]""
m:0x0 + b:12
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[f]""
m:0x0 + b:10

When xbindkeys is not running, all the buttons report in "xev | grep -i button", but when it is running, buttons 8 and 9 aren't reported, but none of them seem to work, except 8 and 9 do work in firefox but no where else.

If anyone has any ideas what could be wrong or how to fix it, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

NobeyamaGP

Member

Registered: 2008-10-16

Posts: 39

Re: Xbindkeys stopped working after latest update

OK, looks like I managed to fix it by doing away with xbindkeys altogether and instead using btnx from AUR.

Mektub

Member

From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: Xbindkeys stopped working after latest update

The upgrade:

extra/xaw3d 1.5-4 xaw3d 1.5-4 -> 1.5E-1

breaks xvkbd.

It complains about a missing library (I dont have the message any more).

Going back to xaw3d 1.5-4 fixes it.

Mektub

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