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Idea #161: Support multimedia keyboards

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #3129: Support extra keys on advanced USB keyboards.
Written by ManiacHgh the 28 Feb 08 at 19:19. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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I am using Logitech lx710 usb, and I am not able to use some keys, because they dont have X keycode mapping at all, and some are wrong (for example "start music player" has "CONFIG" keycode). While keytouch can see event from them from HID.

It would be nice to have different X key mapping files packaged for different keyboards. And a tool to edit them. So that I can make my keyboard supported.
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Written by ManiacHgh the 28 Feb 08 at 19:19.
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lcampagn wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:50
This exists half-way in KDE--it is very easy to select the model of your keyboard, but if yours isn't in the list, then you're in trouble. There should definitely be an easy way to edit keyboard mappings and contribute your map back to the community.

Ralf.Nieuwenhuijsen wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 04:41
It exists all the way. It's call keytouch.
You can find it in synaptics.

It also allows to configure unknown keyboards. You press a key and then tell the program what that key looks like (it looks like a mail-button, or a home-icon, or a search-icon, etc.), Afterwards it will ask you if its ok to send that config to the author (so other users of your keyboard model don't have to redo all that)

That same program also to configure special actions associated with those keys. Like reload on a webpage, forward/backward, etc.

ManiacHgh wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 10:54
keytouch cant edit X keycode mapping - thich are the main trouble in my case.

openstandards wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 12:20
I've always liked the idea of having a tar file inside that a an xml file and a picture of the keyboard in question.

So basically all that needs to be done is load the tar into keyboard manager it displays the photo of the keyboards in question and allows keys to be changed.

6205 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:18
yes yes...my ms natural kb 4000 needs drivers

gcc wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 20:19
too difficoult?

tremby wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 00:43
my brother and i both have the "Logitech Internet Navigator" keyboard. i used Keytouch to get my extra buttons all working*. as the OP said, some of them don't send standard signals, and so some buttons give no output in xev at all until keytouch is running and set up properly.

my brother couldn't get all the buttons of his working though, even after i spent a long while trying to help.

it turned out that i was connected through PS2 while he was connected with USB. he dug out an adapter and now it works.

very strange.


*in fact, it wasn't easy since some applications, including KDE and Amarok, were grabbing some of the keypresses before Keytouch could get its hands on them. it took a long time to find where all these shortcuts were set up and remove them. and then i had to tinker further since i have two X displays and so need keytouchd running on each.

progster wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 12:01
the logitech mx5000 works, but this really should be easier!

Eldmannen wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 02:39
8.04 "Hardy Heron" supports more keys.

FuturePilot wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 05:17
Yes we need more multimedia key support. I have a bunch of useless multimedia keys on my keyboard. They're not detected at all since they don't even show up in Xev.


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