how to use logitech cordless desktop MX multimedia keys?

[derelm]

hi,

i bought myself a lobigtech cordless desktop MX bluetooth keyboard and everything works like a charm so far. the only thing that still bugs me is that i'd love to use all those extra keys the board supplies.
i figured that this can be adjusted using xkb, but so far i am hopelessly lost in doing this.
can someone help me please?

currently i use XkbModel "ltcd" in /etc/X11/XF86Config
but about half of those extra keys are not recognized...

thanks in advance
derelm

[stahlsau]

hi,
try lineakd, it´s in portage. With it you can map all your keys to whatever program you like.
In case you don´t get it compiled (like me), for xmms there´s a plugin called s/t with "itouch", so you can use the multimedia-keys.

[Hayl]

or, you can use xev to find out the key cod enumbers for the multimedia keys, and map them with xmodmap.

[derelm]

or, you can use xev to find out the key cod enumbers for the multimedia keys, and map them with xmodmap.

hi, i allready tried to use xev but i noticed, that not every key throws an event. for example hitting the "webcam" button on my keyboard seems to not do anything ... but well, guess these keys function (as i expect them to do something on windows (which i do not have, though

right now, i'll have a look at lineak, thanks for that tip.
what if that doesn't work as expected?

[derelm]

none of the profiles you get in lineak seem to work with my keyboard.
on the other hand, it lineak crashes about every 3. special-key-click

right now i configured my XF86Config to use "logicdit" as XkbModel
this way 9 out of 31 keys are "named" in X and can be used for example with khotkeys to define shortcuts.

using xev i could figure out all keycodes except for 14 keys, which seem not to throw any events on click (using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5).

i'd greatly appreciate any help