Hi! I just got my multimedia keys up and running on my inspiron 2200 keyboard by following this guide and using xbindkeys. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys
I'm using a dell inspiron 2200 and I got my volume up and down keys recognized using the ff xbindkeys rules. Pretty cool, actually. "amixer sset Master 1+" XF86AudioRaiseVolume "amixer sset Master 1-" XF86AudioLowerVolume "amixer sset Master toggle" XF86AudioMute my keyboard looks like this http://www.laptopreparatie.nl/webshop/catalog/images/i1200_keyboard.jpg http://stephan-i.com/osc/images/D8883KB.jpg I'm basically not having any trouble with the volume keys. However, there are also keys for fn+eject fn+crt/lcd fn+wireless fn+hibernate fn+standy that don't seem to work firstly, I turn on my xev and press them. I get no response. watching my kernel messages, I get to see their keycodes in a message like this: Mar 7 04:00:31 titusx [11428.510000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated s et 2, code 0x85 on isa0060/serio0). Mar 7 04:00:31 titusx [11428.510000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e005 <keycode>' to make it known. I tracked down all the keycodes and was able to make a script of keycodes in my /etc/conf.d/local.start setkeycodes e005 133 setkeycodes e006 134 setkeycodes e007 135 setkeycodes e008 136 setkeycodes e009 137 setkeycodes e00a 138 setkeycodes e00b 139 (except for fn+standby, which neither gives a keycode in xev nor is detected by the kernel in its logs) I test these out in xev. But I get funky behavior. 1) the keycode that appears does not match the keycode I gave the fn+eject key, for example, I think is e00b. So it should be giving me keycode 139. However, xev detects keycode 188. 2) xev reports the key repeatedly being pressed and released endlessly even after I press it only once. KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001, root 0x5d, subw 0x0, time 2603599, (589,435), root:(599,532), state 0x0, keycode 192 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001, root 0x5d, subw 0x0, time 2603634, (589,435), root:(599,532), state 0x0, keycode 192 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001, root 0x5d, subw 0x0, time 2603634, (589,435), root:(599,532), state 0x0, keycode 192 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False on and on and on forever, until I click on another window to make it lose focus or I press another key. Assigning an action to the key confirms my suspicion. I try setting "eject" XF86Eject and no disc I put in stays in. XD Any ideas? -- thing.
