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blaster999
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 Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:23 am Post subject: [MINI-HOWTO] Make ViewMate kp202 work in Linux |
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Make all of the ViewMate extra keys work in Linux
This is a mini-howto for those who have a ViewMate
keyboard (and, probably, other multimedia keyboards with lots of additional keys).
I bought a ViewSonic ViewMate Office Keyboard kp202 yesterday. It has many additional keys (like Copy, Paste Calc and so on). You can have a look at it here: http://www.viewsonic.com/products/accessories/keyboards/kbmkp202/
So, I needed to make all those funky keys work. First, I launched xev and pressed all the keys. Every key (except the strange arrows to the left) produced some output. Not bad. Now I searched for this keyboard model in Xorg symbol files. It was not mentioned, so I had to configure it myself. This isn't too difficult. Launch your favourite text editor (as root) and open the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/inet (it contains the symbol definition for Internet and Multimedia keyboards). The keyboard that was the most similar to mine was MS Natural Keyboard, so I just copied its config:
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partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "microsoftpro" {
name[Group1]= "Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro / Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro";
// Multimedia Section -- Right Side
key <I22> { [ XF86AudioPlay, XF86AudioPause ] };
key <I10> { [ XF86AudioPrev ] };
key <I24> { [ XF86AudioStop ] };
key <I19> { [ XF86AudioNext ] };
key <I6D> { [ XF86AudioMedia ] };
key <I2E> { [ XF86AudioLowerVolume ] };
key <I30> { [ XF86AudioRaiseVolume ] };
key <I20> { [ XF86AudioMute ] };
// Internet Section -- Left Side
key <I32> { [ XF86HomePage ] };
key <I6C> { [ XF86Mail ] };
key <I66> { [ XF86Favorites ] };
key <I65> { [ XF86Search ] };
key <I68> { [ XF86Stop ] };
key <I6A> { [ XF86Back ] };
key <I69> { [ XF86Forward ] };
key <I67> { [ XF86Reload ] };
// My Computer Section -- Far Right
key <I6B> { [ XF86MyComputer ] };
key <I21> { [ XF86Calculator ] };
key <I5F> { [ XF86Standby ] };
};
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and changed the xkb_symbols to "viewmate" and name to "ViewSonic ViewMate Office Keyboard". Then I searched for the keys that are present on my keyboard but are not on MS natural keyboard, such as Standby, PowerOff, calendar and so on. That's what I got at the end:
| Code: | //ViewSonic
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "viewmate" {
name[Group1]= "ViewSonic ViewMate Office Keyboard";
key <I22> { [ XF86AudioPlay, XF86AudioPause ] };
key <I10> { [ XF86AudioPrev ] };
key <I24> { [ XF86AudioStop ] };
key <I19> { [ XF86AudioNext ] };
key <I6D> { [ XF86AudioMedia ] };
key <I2E> { [ XF86AudioLowerVolume ] };
key <I30> { [ XF86AudioRaiseVolume ] };
key <I20> { [ XF86AudioMute ] };
key <I32> { [ XF86HomePage ] };
key <I6C> { [ XF86Mail ] };
key <I66> { [ XF86Favorites ] };
key <I65> { [ XF86Search ] };
key <I68> { [ XF86Stop ] };
key <I6A> { [ XF86Back ] };
key <I69> { [ XF86Forward ] };
key <I67> { [ XF86Reload ] };
key <I6B> { [ XF86MyComputer ] };
key <I21> { [ XF86Calculator ] };
key <I5F> { [ XF86Standby ] };
key <BRK> { [ XF86Calendar ] };
key <I63> { [ XF86Standby ] };
key <I5E> { [ XF86PowerOff ] };
key <I4A> { [ XF86LogOff ] };
key <I5F> { [ XF86Sleep ] };
};
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The job isn't finished yet. I had to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg, locate the section
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! $inetkbds = airkey acpi scorpius azonaRF2300 \
brother \
btc5113rf btc5126t btc9000 btc9000a btc9001ah btc5090\
cherryblue cherrybluea \
chicony chicony9885 \
compaqeak8 compaqik7 compaqik13 compaqik18 armada presario ipaq \
dell inspiron dtk2000 \
dexxa diamond genius geniuscomfy2 \
ennyah_dkb1008 \
hpi6 hp2501 hp2505 hp5181 hpxe3gc hpxe3gf hpxe4xxx hpzt11xx \
hp500fa hp5xx hp5185 \
honeywell_euroboard \
rapidaccess rapidaccess2 rapidaccess2a \
ltcd logiaccess logicdp logicdpa logicink logiciink \
logiinkse logiinkseusb logiik itouch \
mx1998 mx2500 mx2750 \
microsoftinet microsoftpro microsoftprooem microsoftprose \
microsoftoffice microsoftmult \
oretec \
propeller \
qtronix \
samsung4500 samsung4510 \
sk1300 sk2500 sk6200 sk7100 \
sven symplon toshiba_s3000 trust trustda yahoo
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and add "viewmate" somwhere in the middle. After that, I edited /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst and added "viewmate ViewSonic ViewMate Office Keyboard" in the !model section and added the following code to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.xml:
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<model>
<configItem>
<name>viewmate</name>
<description>ViewSonic ViewMate Office Keyboard</description>
</configItem>
</model>
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The last step I did: I edited my xorg.conf and changed Option "XkbModel" to "viewmate".
Restart the X.
Now the keys can be bound to anything. I use KDE, so I launch the KontrolCenter and go straight to Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard shortcuts (or KHotKeys if you need some special actions bound to your keys). BTW, Konqueror didn't use the Back, Forward and Stop buttons by default, so I had to manually set the shortcuts by going to Tools -> Configure shortcuts in konqueror.
Now what I did to make the multimedia keys (play, stop, next song, prev song, etc) work in xmms:
I've emerged xmms-itouch, launched xmms, entered config dialog, configured the itouch plugin (configured the needed keys), then exited xmms and edited the ~/.xmms/config (deleted all keys from section iTouch except:
vol_increment=8
vol_decrement=8
play=162
stop=164
prev_track=144
next_track=153
). This is imortant - or xmms will crash! Then I re-run xmms, enabled the itouch plugin - and the keys work like a charm.
TODO:
Power Off button still doesn't work
LogOff is recognized as "return"
I need to figure out what exactly is the strange round key with arrows.
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90s: sux, bugs, drag'n'drop
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Some multimedia keys refuse to work? See my mini-howto:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1896734#1896734 |
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yofreaksharma
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject: xev not registering keystrokes |
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| can you post the keyboard section of your xorg.conf file? because when i try to hit the other keys on the keyboard xev doesnt register anything. |
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blaster999
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:57 am Post subject: |
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If xev doesn't register keys, it means that the key doesn't have a keycode assigned. Press the key and see the tail of dmesg. You'll see something like:
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atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8b on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00b <keycode>' to make it known.
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So, you'll have to do exactly as it says, substituting <keycode> with an unused keycode (you might add the command to your local.start).
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60s: sex, drugs, rock'n'roll
90s: sux, bugs, drag'n'drop
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Some multimedia keys refuse to work? See my mini-howto:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1896734#1896734 |
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