HP pavillion dv8000 hotkey mappings (solved)

[Nathan Vidican]

Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Nathan Vidican <nvidican at wmptl.com> writes:
>
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>> Does anyone know how to make use of the hotkeys for multimedia
>> functions? (ie: play/pause, stop, prev, next, vol-up, vol-down, mute,
>> etc) ... Have found several articles on these machines, but most
>> pertaining to the way one particular linux distro vs another makes use
>> of these keys.
>>
>> Most specifically, I'd like to get them to work from within kde, mixer
>> function more than anything (need quick mute/vol-up/down - could live
>> without the rest). I'm just not sure where/how to map the keys using
>> freebsd/xorg?
>>
>> Hoping it'll be something simple, but what? - or is this something
>> more complex regarding acpi ?
>>
>> Any ideas, suggestions, comments, or redirects greatly appreciated.
>>     
>
> If they produce x events (check with xev), then they can be mapped
> like any other event.  I recently had such a keyboard, however, and
> those keys didn't produce any events.  I didn't have a chance to play
> with it much, though; I had to get rid of it for unrelated reasons.
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Sorry for asking, lol - `man xmodmap`  ;) problem solved, all is working 
well now. Thank you

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Nathan Vidican
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