[mythtv-users] Volume Controls

[Jim Kusznir]

On 3/8/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
>
> >   I was follwing instructions as indicated at:
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Setting_up_xmodmap
> > (no, I am not running Gentoo, but the basic idea is the same).  I've
> > identified the keycodes and added them to my system Xmodmap, and
> > verified (through xmodmap -pk) that the keycodes are being mapped to
> > XF86AudioRaiseVolume, etc.
>
> OK, this isn't directly useful, but more than likely, you don't need to
> use xmodmap to make this work.  X ships with definitions for many
> multimedia keyboard models, which can be enabled inside the keyboard's
> InputDevice section of XF86Config/xorg.conf:
>
> # Microsoft Multimedia keyboard
> #       Option      "XkbModel"      "microsoftmult"
> # Logitech iTouch keyboard
> #       Option      "XkbModel"      "itouch"
>
> and many others.  Google for your keyboard model and XF86Config or
> xorg.conf for more info.  Using the provided definition for your
> keyboard will rule out any xmodmap configuration issues as the root of
> the segfault problem.


If I am able to use X's definition for my keyboard, how do I use the
multimedia buttons?  Does it still map them to XF86AudioRaiseVolume and
such?

How did you cause them to call your external shell script instead of myth's
internal volume controls?

Thanks!
--Jim
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20060311/7b07cda6/attachment.htm