Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Tim Bruce - PLUG
A quick google on keyboard F-21YQ Fujitsu keyboard Turned up a couple of small images -- Timothy J. Bruce visit my Website at: http://www.tbruce.com Registered Linux User #325725 On Mon, October 27, 2014 14:44, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On the back it says SOFT F-21YQ (SPK-2000). It has a

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On the back it says SOFT F-21YQ (SPK-2000). It has a "Fujitsu computers Siemens" label on the front. I cannot find a good picture to show the key layout. Searching for that name (SOFT...) I get some hits for BIOSTAR stuff. It may be a designation for an entire system. -Denis On Mon, Oct 27, 20

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Ronald Bynoe
What make/model keyboard is it? I'd be interested to see an image of it Online. On Oct 27, 2014 1:08 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Dale Snell wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:31:48 -0700 > > Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > >> showkey -a > >> for the left key of

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > But I still have the question: Where do I put these commands so that they > get executed whenever I start up? Denis, ~/.Xmodmap Then, in ~/.xinitrc (or the equivalent for your distribution) put the line, /usr/bin/xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap or put in

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Dale Snell wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:31:48 -0700 > Denis Heidtmann wrote: > >> showkey -a >> for the left key of interest: >> < 60 0074 0x3c >> for the right key of interest: >> \ 92 0134 0x5c > > This is showing the ASCII values for the characters in

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Dale Snell wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:31:13 -0700 (PDT) > Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Ken Stephens wrote: >> >> > showkey >> >> Ken, >> >>Wasn't sure if that showed the key name as used in .Xmodmap or the >> scan code for the key. Didn'

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Dale Snell
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:31:48 -0700 Denis Heidtmann wrote: > showkey -a > for the left key of interest: > < 60 0074 0x3c > for the right key of interest: > \ 92 0134 0x5c This is showing the ASCII values for the characters in decimal, octal, and hexadecimal. "<" is 60 (dec), \074 (oct), and

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
showkey -a for the left key of interest: < 60 0074 0x3c for the right key of interest: \ 92 0134 0x5c There is also xev: For the left key: KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x4c1, root 0x261, subw 0x0, time 2468220, (18,-5), root:(1517,42), state 0x10, keycode 94 (k

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Dale Snell wrote: > Use xev(1) to get the key names that X uses. They aren't the same as the > ones the VTs use. Also for X, see xmodmap(1) and setxkbmap(1). Dale, xev: that's the tool I did not remember. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Dale Snell
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:31:13 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Ken Stephens wrote: > > > showkey > > Ken, > >Wasn't sure if that showed the key name as used in .Xmodmap or the > scan code for the key. Didn't look at the man page. showkey(1) [and its cousins loadkeys(1

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Ken Stephens wrote: > showkey Ken, Wasn't sure if that showed the key name as used in .Xmodmap or the scan code for the key. Didn't look at the man page. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Ken Stephens
Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2014, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > >> My keyboard gave up so I replaced it with one from FreeGeek. I discovered >> this new keyboard has a couple of extra keys next to the shift keys, >> making the shift keys smaller. How can I change the behavior of those keys >>

Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > My keyboard gave up so I replaced it with one from FreeGeek. I discovered > this new keyboard has a couple of extra keys next to the shift keys, > making the shift keys smaller. How can I change the behavior of those keys > to shift? I have looked at

[PLUG] keyboard mapping change

2014-10-26 Thread Denis Heidtmann
My keyboard gave up so I replaced it with one from FreeGeek. I discovered this new keyboard has a couple of extra keys next to the shift keys, making the shift keys smaller. How can I change the behavior of those keys to shift? I have looked at various man pages and done some Googling, but I have