On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 16:18, Harvey Ussery wrote: > I bought an ergonomic keyboard from Kinesis because of prob's I was > having w my wrists. Solved the prob instantaneously-->love< this keyboard! > > The main prob w the keyboard is that F12--clearly legended on the key > with the "eject" symbol--will not eject a loaded cd. As I understand it, > I have internally config'd the keyboard to the Dvorak layout--however, > the OS (either Debian or YDL) sees it as standard "pc104" layout. That > config works great for all other uses, but F12 will not eject.
If I recall a posting on another list correctly, you don't have X up and running, right? That's why i don't know how to map F12 for an eject key.(If you have X, and *if* you've a relatively fresh Gnome 2.4, you simply choose "Desktop Preferences" --> "Multimedia Keys": The tool chosen by this is called "acme-properties", IIUC. Or does someone out there know how to map the eject key for console? And sorry, if you already know the following: If you simply need a tool, that also works on a console, to eject a CD: apt-get install eject Works like a charm here on a notebook (Powerbook G4) ... :) (Not being sure whether you have to be root or not, to eject CD's this way ... ) HTH Best Regards Wolfgang > > I wrote Kinesis about the prob; but they weren't very helpful, not > knowing much about Linux. Does anyone have any ideas about re-mapping > the F12 key so that it will open the cd tray? There were times during a > recent Debian install when the "eject" command was not available; and it > was a major p.i.t.a dealing w the prob w/out some external way to eject. > Is there some other key combo that is standard in Linux for opening the > cd tray from the keyboard? > > Many thanks. --Harvey -- Profile, Links: http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer
