Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:02:37 +0800 From: Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> To: Israel Jacques <mrkotfw@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell USB keyboard Message-ID: <53a1e0710908242202n1345eb1fj53a7a2bf1d3672f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5cd4c4cd0908232210p61f1b56aw660aad2bb4e53fbb@mail.gmail.com> References: <5cd4c4cd0908221713y5d396946h5e4000ee11a48e0c@mail.gmail.com> <200908230216.CAA12582@sopwith.solgatos.com> <53a1e0710908222309x78b04000t40e31fbee495355c@mail.gmail.com> <5cd4c4cd0908232210p61f1b56aw660aad2bb4e53fbb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Israel Jacques<mrkotfw@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the following in my ~/.xmodmaprc: > > keycode 234 = XF86Back > keycode 233 = XF86Forward > keycode 232 = XF86Stop > keycode 231 = XF86Refresh > keycode 130 = XF86HomePage > keycode 236 = XF86Mail > keycode 198 = XF86MyComputer > keycode 161 = XF86Calculator > keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute > keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop > keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev > keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext > keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay > keycode 129 = XF86AudioMedia > keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume > keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume > > And it doesn't work with my WM. If the messages of the multimedia keys are sent through the uhid device, then you need to write a configuration file for the usbhidaction, specify the keys and corresponding commands, and run usbhidaction when keyboard inserted. Can you see anything when a key is pressed with usbhidctl -alrv -f /dev/uhid0 ? > > Thanks for the tip. > > So far, I ran (as root): > > # usbhidctl -anrv -f /dev/uhid0 > Report descriptor: > Total input size 0 bytes > Total output size 1 bytes > Total feature size 1 bytes > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Henry Hu<henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Dieter<freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> wrote: >>>> My question is, how do I go about writing a userland application to >>>> access the extra buttons? Would I have to use ioctl(2) to poll >>>> /dev/ukbd0? I would like to write the userland application in order to >>>> map them to: >>>> XF86Back >>> ... >>>> XF86AudioRaiseVolume >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Can xmodmap(1) do what you need? Appears to be in ports. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-drivers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> You might try usbhidaction and usbhidctl on the uhid device. >> Once I was using a microsoft keyboard, and I hacked the programs a >> bit, and wrote a configuration file for usbhidaction, and finally I >> can use the multimedia keys. >> These programs have problems parsing the Report ID field. You might >> have to refer to the HID standard to modify them a bit. >> >> Good luck. >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-drivers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >home | help
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