shortcut editor and multimedia keys

[Brian J. Tarricone]

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Aaron wrote:
> this doesnt seem to work. i got these errors from other keybinding
> programs if it helps.
> 
> xhkeys:
> 
> aaron at gentoo:: X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter
> out of range for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  33 (X_GrabKey)
>   Value in failed request:  0xa3
>   Serial number of failed request:  23
>   Current serial number in output stream:  31
> 
> lineakd:
> 
> aaron at gentoo:: lineakd                                                      [~]
> --- X manager initialization error ---
>   The keycode 178 cannot be used, as it's not between the
>   min(8) and max(136) keycode of your keyboard.
>   Please increase the 'maximum' value in
>     /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86,
>   then restart X.
> 
> all the key scanning programs seem to be able to read keypresses, but
> it seems like some part of X may be missing or not configured right...
> gentoo ebuild bug?

Er... did you actually *read* my email at all?

	-brian


> 
> 
> 
> On 3/9/06, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> On 3/9/2006 1:13 PM, Aaron wrote:
>>>> how come the shortcut editor cant use multimedia keys? it can do
>>>> everything fine but the 10 free keys on the top of my keyboard :'( is
>>>> there any plan to include this?
> If they're not mapped to X keysyms, the shortcut editor likely has no
> idea they're even being pressed.  Use the 'xev' app and see what happens
> when you press keys.  If it just has a keycode but no associated keysym,
> you'll need to create ~/.Xmodmap as Adriano points out in another email.
> 
> The "right" way to fix this is at the X configuration level, but that
> requires a huge database of keyboard makes and models with mappings to
> the proper keycodes and keysyms.  A bit out of Xfce's scope.  Not sure
> if the Xorg folks are working on this.
> 
>         -brian
> 
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