Bug 20455 - missing multimedia keys / Ubuntu global workaround
Summary: missing multimedia keys / Ubuntu global workaround
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xkeyboard-config
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: xkb
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Keywords: NEEDINFO
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Reported: 2009-03-04 04:03 UTC by alain Baeckeroot
Modified: 2009-03-05 08:48 UTC (History)
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xmodmap used for system wide settings (786 bytes, application/octet-stream)
2009-03-04 04:03 UTC, alain Baeckeroot 		Details
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Description alain Baeckeroot 2009-03-04 04:03:38 UTC 
Created attachment 23511 [details]
xmodmap used for system wide settings

On my laptop with debian lenny ia32, multimedia keys (sound wheel etc) did not work until i did an ugly copy of kubuntu workaround.

Debian X tools are:
xorg 7.3
libxkbfile1 1.0.5
xkb-data  1.3
x11-xkb-utils 7.4

symptome:
when i turn the sound wheel, xev said
debian lenny :  state 0x0, keycode 174 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol),
ubuntu 8.04  :  state 0x0, keycode 174 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume)

further investigations showed how kubuntu 8.04 efficiently solved my problem with 2 files, one global configuration for X (shown below), and the xmodmap data (attached) 
$ cat /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80ubuntu-xmodmap 
# Set the Ubuntu laptop keycode -> xkeysyms mapping (used by KDE)
#
# This file is sourced by Xsession(5), not executed.
# The "|| true" is to ensure that the Xsession script does not terminate on error
/usr/bin/xmodmap /usr/share/apps/kxkb/ubuntu.xmodmap || true

USRMODMAP="$HOME/.Xmodmap"

if [ -x /usr/bin/xmodmap ]; then
        if [ -f "$USRMODMAP" ]; then
                /usr/bin/xmodmap "$USRMODMAP" || true
        fi
fi

With this everything works (even if the popup window is huge in the middle of the screen)
I was told this is an ugly workaround, and i should fill a bug here.
Comment 1 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2009-03-04 14:31:33 UTC 
Could you please try the latest xk-c (version 1.5). Also, just to confirm - are you using kbd driver?
Comment 2 alain Baeckeroot 2009-03-04 15:26:31 UTC 
it seems i use the kdb driver:

i have the 1.3 package installed:
ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd   1:1.3.1-1  X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver

and this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "fr"
        Option      "XkbVariant" "latin9"
EndSection

and /var/log/Xorg.log
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.1
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0

i try the 1.5 asap
Comment 3 alain Baeckeroot 2009-03-05 07:55:12 UTC 
i tested with 1.5 version , nothing changed until i 
change the 

Option "XkbdModel" "pc105"
to

Option      "XkbModel" "toshiba_s3000"

but, its far from obvious to find it/
Comment 4 alain Baeckeroot 2009-03-05 08:31:14 UTC 
more hardware info used by hotkeys (who failed too to configure it ;-)

# dmidecode --string system-manufacturer
TOSHIBA
# /usr/sbin/dmidecode --string system-product-name
Satellite P300
# dmidecode --string system-version
PSPC4E-024015FR
Comment 5 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2009-03-05 08:48:10 UTC 
Well, I guess it is still searchable. What I can do is rename toshiba_s3000 to toshiba_satellite (to make it generic for all these machines).

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