Try running xfce4-keyboard-settings and see if you can set the keys in there.
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 17:41, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > xfce4 > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Oops, another lack of detail. What WM are you running? >> >> >> 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 17:33, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Look 5 messages previous to this one. That's what I have. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Jeremiah Bess >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> My media keys work by default on my desktop Arch, so I don't have a map >>>> file to compare to. Can you post your personal.map file? >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 17:26, Jeremiah Bess >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry I was at work and didn't pay attention to details. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 17:25, Scott Vargovich <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>>> 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