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Old 02-18-2008, 05:57 PM
Mark Janssen
 
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i got a logitech navigator usb keyboard, and slackware 9.1.
my problem is: the keyboard lights dont work ok.
scroll lock doesn't work at all, caps and num lock lights dont work some
times.
another thing: how can i get the extra keys on the keyboard working? I tried
xev, and some keys return a right-mouseclick. it does work in windows xp.

thanks alot for your help.
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Old 02-18-2008, 05:57 PM
Joost Kremers
 
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Mark Janssen wrote:
> another thing: how can i get the extra keys on the keyboard working? I tried
> xev, and some keys return a right-mouseclick. it does work in windows xp.


can't help you with your leds, but to get your extra keys working, you need
to do the following: find the keycodes they return with xev, then create a
..Xmodmap file in which you assign keysyms to those keys. in principle,
keysyms of Fxx are ok:

keycode <blah> = F13

etc.

then you can use those keysyms in any app that allows you to customise
keys, or in a keygrabber such as bbkeys to assign functions to the keys.

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Old 02-18-2008, 06:04 PM
Mark Janssen
 
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Joost Kremers wrote:

> Mark Janssen wrote:
>> another thing: how can i get the extra keys on the keyboard working? I
>> tried xev, and some keys return a right-mouseclick. it does work in
>> windows xp.

>
> can't help you with your leds, but to get your extra keys working, you
> need to do the following: find the keycodes they return with xev, then
> create a .Xmodmap file in which you assign keysyms to those keys. in
> principle, keysyms of Fxx are ok:
>
> keycode <blah> = F13
>
> etc.
>
> then you can use those keysyms in any app that allows you to customise
> keys, or in a keygrabber such as bbkeys to assign functions to the keys.
>

Thanks.
But the problem is:
most keys return mouseclicks, and not key presses (so key codes). It's
strange, but could anyone help me?
I hope Kernel 2.6.0 helps me out of the led-problem.
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