Keyboard Setup

[Jonny88]

Hi there

I have a Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard, and I wish to use keybindings for my "multimedia" keys such as; media, web, music, mail, messenger, calculator etc. I have been reading this tutorial Weekend Project: Configure Your Keyboard Into Submission | Linux.com and using the xev command I can see most bindings are the way I want them already, for example;

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6981094, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 180 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 158
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6981182, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 180 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 158
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6985273, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 148 (keysym 0x1008ff1d, XF86Calculator), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6985320, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 148 (keysym 0x1008ff1d, XF86Calculator), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

That is me pressing the Web and Calculator keys, however, while they are binded by "XF86WWW" and "XF86Calculator" they do not start these programs, what do I need to do to make the bindings start these (and other) apps?

Using Suse 11.4

Jonny

[alf55]

Hi there

I have a Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard, and I wish to use keybindings for my "multimedia" keys such as; media, web, music, mail, messenger, calculator etc. I have been reading this tutorial Weekend Project: Configure Your Keyboard Into Submission | Linux.com and using the xev command I can see most bindings are the way I want them already, for example;

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6981094, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 180 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 158
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6981182, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 180 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 158
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6985273, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 148 (keysym 0x1008ff1d, XF86Calculator), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8a00001,
    root 0xc4, subw 0x0, time 6985320, (-691,84), root:(466,734),
    state 0x10, keycode 148 (keysym 0x1008ff1d, XF86Calculator), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

That is me pressing the Web and Calculator keys, however, while they are binded by "XF86WWW" and "XF86Calculator" they do not start these programs, what do I need to do to make the bindings start these (and other) apps?

Using Suse 11.4

Jonny

You still need a program that is looking for those keys an executes the proper program.