[Solved] Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-15 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hi Facundo, Thanks for that. I did actually try xbindkeys before, and I was sure my config was correct, but obviously I was wrong: I didn't point at the card like you did (with -c0) and think there's where I went wrong as everything else in your rc file is identical to my .xbindkeysrc. Thanks aga

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-15 Thread Facundo Aguirre
Hi Harvey, I have a HP dv5 and had exactly the same issue, but with dwm. I finally got it working with xbindkeys. It installs the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98xbindkeys, so xbindkeys is started with X. You can use xbindkeys-config for a graphical configuration. My .xbdinkeysrc for those keys is

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-14 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 02:43:02PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > So the keys are being recognised with xev, just not picked up by > WindowMaker Should they? if not, try xbindkeys. > (My understanding is that xbindkeys is used when say XF86AudioMute > doesn't correspond to muting the sound.) xbindke

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
On 14 February 2013 14:31, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 01:57:25PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: >> I'm reluctant to label this as 'solved' as it seems the problem lays >> with WindowMaker/WPrefs, meaning I have to put these three commands... >> amixer set Master 2%+ >> amixer

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-14 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 01:57:25PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > I'm reluctant to label this as 'solved' as it seems the problem lays > with WindowMaker/WPrefs, meaning I have to put these three commands... > > amixer set Master 2%+ > amixer set Master 2%- > amixer set Master toggle > > ... in men

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Just an update... > On 12 February 2013 20:08, Bob Proulx wrote: >> You didn't say what laptop model you have but my ThinkPad needs the >> 'tpb' (think pad buttons) package installed to handle those >> functions. > It's a Compaq Presario CQ70 - I haven't been able to find anything on > it/its mul

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-12 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hi Bob, On 12 February 2013 20:08, Bob Proulx wrote: > You didn't say what laptop model you have but my ThinkPad needs the > 'tpb' (think pad buttons) package installed to handle those > functions. It's a Compaq Presario CQ70 - I haven't been able to find anything on it/its multimedia keys onlin

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-12 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hi Matthew, On 12 February 2013 19:50, Matthew Dawson wrote: > I think your problem may occur because you have nothing listening to those key > strokes. Gnome, Xfce 4, and other DE's have programs that listen for those > key presses and respond accordingly. It shouldn't be realted to either ALS

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Matthew Dawson wrote: > Harvey Kelly wrote: > > Running Wheezy and the multimedia/volume keys don't work in > > Windowmaker (they work fine with Gnome and Xfce4), nor from the > > console. > > I think your problem may occur because you have nothing listening to > those key strokes. Gnome, Xfce 4,

Re: Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-12 Thread Matthew Dawson
On February 11, 2013 05:42:16 PM Harvey Kelly wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Running Wheezy and the multimedia/volume keys don't work in > Windowmaker (they work fine with Gnome and Xfce4), nor from the > console. > > Using xev, it seems they've been mapped correctly (from an Arch wiki > page I ran th

Multimedia/Volume Keys Not Working

2013-02-11 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hi everyone, Running Wheezy and the multimedia/volume keys don't work in Windowmaker (they work fine with Gnome and Xfce4), nor from the console. Using xev, it seems they've been mapped correctly (from an Arch wiki page I ran this command): xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '