Package: xfree86-common
Version: 4.1.0-16
Severity: wishlist
I modified some Xkb files to make the extra keys on my Samsung keyboard work.
Can you add it to the distribution? I'm not sure about the policy regarding
adding the keysyms.
xev: noted down keycodes
152 eject I18
178 i I32
236 mail I6C
166 ? I26
217 search I59
137 exit I09
138 book I0A
130 doc 1 I02
131 doc 2 I03
132 doc 3 I04
133 doc 4 I05
134 doc 5 I06
looked up keycodes in xkb dir
made keyboard entry in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/inet
audio part matches logicordless driver
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "samsungsymbol" {
// From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-11-02
// Describes the extra keys on a Samsung multimedia keyboard.
// There are two versions of this keyboard one with symbols (this one)
// and one with names next to the keys. The symbols do not always correspond
// to the names. For example: "game" != quitSymbol
name[Group1]= "SamsungSymbol";
key <I2E> { [ XF86AudioLowerVolume ] };
key <I30> { [ XF86AudioRaiseVolume ] };
key <I20> { [ XF86AudioMute ] };
key <I18> { [ XF86Eject ] };
key <I22> { [ XF86AudioPlay ] };
key <I24> { [ XF86AudioStop ] };
key <I10> { [ XF86AudioPrev ] };
key <I19> { [ XF86AudioNext ] };
key <I32> { [ XF86HomePage ] };
key <I6C> { [ XF86Mail ] };
key <I5F> { [ XF86Standby ] };
key <I26> { [ XF86Help ] };
key <I59> { [ XF86Search ] };
key <I09> { [ XF86Quit ] };
key <I0A> { [ XF86Manual ] };
key <I02> { [ XF86Launch1 ] };
key <I03> { [ XF86Launch2 ] };
key <I04> { [ XF86Launch3 ] };
key <I05> { [ XF86Launch4 ] };
key <I06> { [ XF86Launch5 ] };
};
looked up keysyms in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
added XF86Help XF86Manual and XF86Quit to XKeySymDB
XF86Help :1008FF3C
XF86Manual :1008FF3D
XF86Quit :1008FF3E
added entry to /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86, I do not know what this means. I
just copied the ones from logicordless which seems to work just fine.
samsungsymbol = xfree86 pc(pc104)
samsungsymbol us = us(pc104)+inet(samsungsymbol)
samsungsymbol en_US = en_US(pc104)+inet(samsungsymbol)
samsungsymbol * = en_US(pc104)+inet(samsungsymbol)+%l%(v)
added entry to /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst
samsungsymbol Samsung multimedia keyboard w/ symbols next to keys
set XF86Config to:
Option "XkbModel" "samsungsymbol"
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux plato 2.4.18-k6 #1 Sun Apr 14 12:43:22 EST 2002 i586
unknown
Versions of the packages xfree86-common depends on:
ii debianutils 1.16 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian.
