Re: logitech elite extra buttons

From: Dances With Crows (danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows_at_usa.net)
Date: 01/13/04 

Date: 13 Jan 2004 22:25:37 GMT

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:31:27 +1100, neerolyte staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
> Hello I have already searched google for my problem, and found 2
> exactly the same...
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/125333
> http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7905
>
> ...but I could not get the solution(s) to work.

What did you want them to do? Can you expand on what you want to have
happen when you press these extra keys?

> Running xev i get output like so:
[snipped for brevity]
> KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
> keycode 159
> KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
> keycode 159

OK, so you press one special key on your keyboard and get KeyPress and
KeyRelease events with keycode 159 and keysym NoSymbol. Another special
key generates keycode 157. This is actually a good sign. You can use
xbindkeys (and, if necessary, xmacroplay) to bind these extra keys to
invoke any program you want or (using xmacroplay) send any combination
of other keys to the X server.
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search , put the string
slrnb6nldq.bd4.danceswithcrows@samantha.crow202.dyndns.org .
into the "find messages with Message-ID" field, hit Enter. The thread
this is part of may also be helpful, and the keywords "xbindkeys
xmacroplay" applied to comp.os.linux.x may provide useful results when
you use Google Groups's search engine. HTH, 

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