Multimedia keys in X

teapot · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:48 pm Post subject: Multimedia keys in X

After upgrading my kernel to ck-sources-3.3 some of the special keys on my keyboard stopped working.

I have a steelseries 6gv2 mechanical keyboard (USB). There is a special "function" button which used to generate
XF86VolumeLower , XF86VolumeMute etc. events when being used in conjunction with one of the F1-F3 keys.

After the upgrade I couldn't use the keys to change the volume anymore.
In xev these button combinations do not generate the XF86 commands like they used to do.

Apparently I must have missed something while configuring the kernel.

Any tips on where to look ?

audiodef · Advocate Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4983

Did you do a fresh makedefconfig (or use a new Kernel Seed), or did you copy your old .config?
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teapot · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:53 pm Post subject:

thx for reply.

I configured the kernel myself from scratch using make menuconf as I always do.

audiodef · Advocate Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4983

Not a direct solution, but I urge to you consider trying Pappy's Kernel Seeds and continuing from there. At minimum, you will have a more efficient kernel, and that might make it easier to troubleshoot.
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teapot · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:12 pm Post subject:

Well.

I looked at his page. I tried to follow the guide for configuring 3.2 kernels.
But the link to pages 3-6 were missing in the guide so I couldn't continue.
Here is the link:

http://kernel-seeds.audiodef.com/settings/3.2.x/settings-02.html

Note that in the end of the page it refers to Page 3 , but the link does not exist.

My config is already quite lean and the 3.3-ck sources should be fast enough.

I'm just wondering which settings in the kernel configuration to look at in order to fix my problem.

audiodef · Advocate Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4983

Those are informational. You don't need those, and it's not required to follow all those pages in order to get a kernel seed up and running.

Look for "How to work with a kernel seed" on the home page, and then select x86 or x86_64 as appropriate. :wink:

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