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 Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:53 pm Post subject: EjectCD - How to bind keycode to 'eject /dev/cdrom'? |
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Hello All,
I have laptop with CD. That CD ejects with key located on keyboard. It works outside the system (for example - when in BIOS menu), but not in Gentoo.
xev shows keycode '178' of that key. But xmodmap corresponds that there's no function:
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localhost # xmodmap -pke
----cut-----
keycode 177 = XF86Phone NoSymbol XF86Phone NoSymbol XF86Phone
keycode 178 =
keycode 179 = XF86Tools NoSymbol XF86Tools NoSymbol XF86Tools
----cut----
localhost #
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How can I bind this '178' key to command:
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Logicien
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| Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | echo -n 'keycode 178 = XF86Eject' > ~/.Xmodmap
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap |
The problem is for me it do not work. The tray stay close after pressing the key. The eject command work.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:02 am Post subject: |
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I found a solution. First you can activate some optional USE flags for xbindkeys like guile and tk
| Code: | | echo -n 'x11-misc/xbindkeys guile tk' >> /etc/portage/package.use |
and than
| Code: | | emerge -av xbindkeys |
After that in your user account execute the command
| Code: | | xbindkeys --defaults > $HOME/.xbindkeysrc |
Edit $HOME/.xbindkeysrc and add the lines
| Code: | "eject /dev/cdrom"
m:0x0 c:178 |
and start xbindkeys
Pressing the key associate with the X keycode 178 should eject the cdrom if it is what xev show for it. "eject -r" is for the cdrom and "eject" alone is "eject /dev/cdrom" by default.
The command
show you an example of what can be write in .xbindkeysrc for the key you press. I found Xbindkeys is simple to understand, efficient and for sure usefull. It is now start by default with X from my .xinitrc.
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Oh, thanks. But it will work only under X.org, right?
Is it possible to set system wide option? maybe some way to find 'scancode' of that key and bind it to the appropriate command  |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:07 am Post subject: |
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Yes, it will only work in X.
If you want to associate a command to a console key, first you have to find the keycode of the key in a root console session with the command showkey.
If the key do not have a keycode, you have to associate a free keycode (128 to 255 are generally free) to it's scancode with the command setkeycodes. The getkeycodes command show the keycodes in use and the scancode each are associated with. The dumpkeys command show what each keycode do.
Pressing a key who do not have a keycode should print a kernel message where Linux complain about that, showing at the same time the scancode of the key. You can see it with the dmesg command.
Than create a file, for exemple cdrom.keymap, with this contain
| Code: | keycode xx = F99
string F99 = "eject /dev/cdrom" |
where xx is the keycode number of the key. The F99 string identifier is optional. You can see the different alphanumeric strings identifiers and their values to help you to create a new one with the command
| Code: | | dumpkeys --funcs-only | less |
Than
| Code: | | loadkeys cdrom.keymap |
When you press the key, the value of the string bind to it is copied after the prompt and you can press Enter to execute it.
That's all I have been able to do. I have'nt find a way for an automatic execution when the key is press and it only work during a Shell session. Out of the Shell, there's nothing to interprete the command. If someone know how to make automatic execution and out of the Shell, I am open.
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