Re: Logitech iTouch Multimediakeys

From: Berend Veldkamp (b.veldkamp_at_zonnet.nl)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:46:15 +0100

MyMommaToldMe wrote:
> Berend Veldkamp wrote:
>
>> ... I have a Logitech iTouch keyboard with 7 "multimedia keys" ...
>
>
> I have an HP keyboard with "multimedia keys" and not all of them were
> recognized by X or at the console. I had to use showkey(1) and
> setkeycodes(8) to get anything to recognize the last few. Reading the
> man pages for those commands should get you going. Also, I believe X
> needs to be restarted after using setkeycodes to add a new key code
> (that xev and X will recognize) for a keyboard scan code.
>
> may good fortune be with you...

Thanks, I had already given up, but this was the answer!

Now, is there a "best place" to put setkeycodes, rc.local? (on Fedora
Core 3). And is there some kind of standard as to which keycode to choose?

berend