Toshiba Satellite A105 S4034 question

[jasexjase]

Okay, so my friend gave me this laptop, and I have a few hindrances... one is described in another post, that specifically pertains to SuSE itself, this one is a generic Linux question almost, and refers to the keyboard

This keyboard has roughly around 80 keys, if you don't count the blue ones you get by hitting the Fn key.

My problem is, how do I get the four media ones on the side to even be recognized, I tried obtaining information on them using xev, they don't even register in it at all... so what do I set in 'xorg' I guess it would be... to make those keys recognized, to use them for shortcuts.

[jasexjase]

Not to be rude... but still looking for help... so bump

[jasexjase]

Anyone?? Still looking for help.

[apoorv_khurasia]

Sorry to be rude: Don't bump a thread.

I don't know how you would do it with Xorg. But this is what I did in gnome.

Background: I am using OpenSuSE 10.3

In Gnome navigate to gnome-control-center-> Shortcuts

Here you can map your keys to actions. When you click an action and press a key combination. Most likely a key code will appear in the shortcut column. You can use this key code in Windowmaker or KDE too!

Mod4 + D is NOT a key code.
0x6788aa44 IS a key code (they appear to be some sort of memory mappings).

So if you dont get anything you can try to install a new keymap (I dont know how to do that though).