This post says you need to run loadkeys as root (with sudo, or whatever): https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65243
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 14:12, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm doing something wrong here and can't seem to figure it out. > > My keymaps are: > > Volume down = 114 > Volume up = 115 > > I've created the file /usr/local/share/kbd/keymaps/personal.map: > > keycode 114 = XF86AudioLowerVolume > keycode 115 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume > > Here's what happens when I go to load the keymap: > > [root@bletchley scott]# loadkeys /usr/local/share/kbd/keymaps/personal.map > Loading /usr/local/share/kbd/keymaps/personal.map > unknown keysym 'XF86AudioLowerVolume' > /usr/local/share/kbd/keymaps/personal.map:1: syntax error > syntax error in map file > key bindings not changed > [root@bletchley scott]# > > What is the right keysym for volume down and volume up??? I've scoured > the wiki on this topic and have found nothing. I've also looked through > /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h > and have found nothing referring to the volume up and down buttons. > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Scott Vargovich > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> No because I didn't come across it. I'll give it a shot. >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Jeremiah Bess >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Did you try the stuff on here? >>> >>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys >>> >>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. >>> >>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:26, Scott Vargovich >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I searched the Arch Wiki and duckduckgo.com for a way to get the >>>> volume control buttons to work on my laptop, but found nothing useful. >>>> Jeremiah or anybody else - do you know of a way to get these working? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -- >>>> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>> Group. >>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >>> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >> ------------------------------------------ >> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >> ------------------------------------------ >> > > > > -- > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------ > OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E > ------------------------------------------ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
