Arch Teapot Notes 12-02-18: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:47, 18 February 2012

Multimedia Keys

We learned that multimedia keys are available by using xev. To use it, start xev | grep keycode and press the buttons in question.

Notice: if your window manager evaluates the pressed keycodes, nothing will show up.

The shown keycodes should be placed in ~/.Xmodmap and loaded on X startup by xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap.

Example (ThinkPad X61):

keycode 113 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 114 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 115 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 148 = XF86Launch1 # ThinkVantage Button
keycode 163 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 164 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 165 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 166 = XF86AudioStop

The terminal based program showkeys won’t work, since kernel keycodes differ from X11.

ArchWiki Xmodmap

These keysyms can be used for your favorite window manager‘s configuration.

Example (awesome):

  -- Multimedia Keys
    awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioRaiseVolume", function () awful.util.spawn('mpc -h localhost volume +1') end),
    awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioLowerVolume", function () awful.util.spawn('mpc -h localhost volume -1') end),
    awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioMute", function () awful.util.spawn('mpc -h localhost volume 0') end),
    awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioNext", function () awful.util.spawn('mpc -h localhost next') end),
    awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioPrev", function () awful.util.spawn('mpc -h localhost prev') end),
    awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioPlay", function () awful.util.spawn('mpc -h localhost toggle') end)

PulseAudio

PulseAudio is a sound system enabling us to control application volumes individually and use other computers soundcards over the network.

Recommended packages:

pulseaudio (the daemon, required)
pavucontrol (GTK based mixer application)
paprefs (GTK based configuration tool)

Note: in order to discover remote soundcards, one has to start avahi-daemon!

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 Notice: ''if your window manager evaluates the pressed keycodes, nothing will show up.''
-The shown keycodes should be placed in <tt>~/.Xmodmap</tt>
+The shown keycodes should be placed in <tt>~/.Xmodmap</tt> and loaded on X startup by <tt>xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap</tt>.
 Example (ThinkPad X61):
 <source lang="lua">
-keycode 113 = Volume Mute
+keycode 113 = XF86AudioMute
-keycode 114 = Volume Down
+keycode 114 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
-keycode 115 = Volume Up
+keycode 115 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
-keycode 143 = FnKey itsel
+keycode 148 = XF86Launch1 # ThinkVantage Button
-keycode 148 = ThinkVantage Button
+keycode 163 = XF86AudioNext
-keycode 152 = ScreenLock (Fn+F2)
+keycode 164 = XF86AudioPlay
-keycode 163 = Media Next
+keycode 165 = XF86AudioPrev
-keycode 164 = Media Play/Pause
+keycode 166 = XF86AudioStop
-keycode 165 = Media Previous
-keycode 166 = Media Stop
-keycode 191 = Trackpoint/Touchpad Switch (Fn+F8)
-keycode 194 = Dock Eject (Fn+F9)
-keycode 224 = Brightness Down
-keycode 225 = Brightness Up
-keycode 227 = Monitor (Fn+F7)
-keycode 236 = Battery (Fn+F3)
-keycode 238 = WLAN (Fn+F5)
-keycode 372 = Fn+Space
 </source>