I was doing it as the root user. Notice the '#' at the end of the prompt. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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-Rules or 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-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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