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    Setting hotkeys

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by anitha, Jan 2, 2008.

  1. anitha

    anitha Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I have tried to set the keycode for some hotkeys in my laptop. I used showkey command to get the scancodes and then i assigned keycode to that scancodes by using the command setkeycodes. I placed them in a script called .setkeycodes in in the path /root. The contents of .setkeycodes script is as follows,

    setkeycodes e022 92
    setkeycodes e024 93
    setkeycodes e010 94
    setkeycodes e019 95

    The keysym for that keycodes are set in .Xmodmap file in the path /root and the contents of that file is,

    keycode 100 = XF86AudioPause
    keycode 101 = XF86AudioStop
    keycode 102 = XF86AudioPrev
    keycode 103 = XF86AudioNext.

    I called that script and file in /etc/rc.d/rc.local script by adding the following lines to that script,
    cd /root
    xmodmap .Xmodmap
    /.setkeycodes

    My problem is, when i tried to check the assigned keysyms, all the keys are working properly except the AudioStop key. I got the output without having keysym and keycode in xev when i pressed the AudioStop(Fn+F10) key.
    But when i assigned the keysym for AudioStop key in command prompt it was working properly. I have removed the line 'keycode 101 = XF86AudioStop' from the .Xmodmap file and then i rebooted puppy. I got the output of having keysym as 'NoSymbol' and keycode as 101 when i pressed the Fn+F10 key. Can anyone tell me what is the problem here? How can i set the AudioStop key to work properly?

    Regards,
    Anitha..