On 12/19/18 7:54 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 12/18/18 10:33 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >> Xfce can be a bit cranky with special keys. KDE is pretty smart in >> comparison. It all depends on the thinkpad vintage. > > Lenovo > Thinkpad X200 Tablet > (Sticker on the bottom): > TYPE: 7449-45U S/N R9-2xnfk 10\04 > PRODUCT ID: 74494SU > >> just setting the PA >> panel plugin gets the volume keys working in Xfce on my T510. >> >> You can try: >> >> 1. make sure "thinkpad_acpi" module is loaded > lsmod shows thinkpad_acpi is loaded.
Ok that should expose all the extra buttons > >> 2. Xfce IBM thinkpad keyboard layouts - one might be a better match > > Not sure what this means. Whoops...there I go being too terse again... In the Xfce menu, Settings -> Keyboard, layout tab you can change keyboard model to see if another one helps. By default, it is se to whatever X automatically discovers. You can also reach this setting with the Settings Manager utility. > >> 3. check out this to map keys: >> http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/xbindkeys/ >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xbindkeys > > This one doesn't seem to have a slackbuilds script. There is a README > that says I should run configure --help. But when I tried that I got an > error: > > -su: configure: command not found > > I was hoping this would be a quick thing this morning, but it looks like > it will be a bit more involved, so it will have to wait until work is done. > Install xbindkeys from SBo as we did with the other slackbuild scripts (1st link above). I included the Arch reference (2nd link) link for information since Slackdocs does not have an entry. Once xbindkeys is installed, you can follow the Arch article to set up the volume buttons as they provide a configuration example. -Ed
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