Inconsistent xev output

I have a few media keys and I set up XF86AudioMedia to start up my music player in .xbindkeysrc
"deadbeeef"
m:0x0 + c:179
XF86AudioMedia
But then after restarting xbindkeys, that button doesnt do anything. So I fired up xev again. and this time xev doesn't return any keycode or keysym at all.
Then after a few days, it returned the key name as XF86Tools. but using that resulted in the same thing. This happens with 4 of my buttons:
XF86AudioMedia /XF86Tools
XF86AudioMute
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
XF86AudioLowerVolume
now xev only gives this for all of the above buttons:
FocusOut event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
FocusOut event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyPointer
FocusIn event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
KeymapNotify event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Any tips?
Last edited by Inxsible (2010-07-20 23:51:27)

A customary 24 hours + bump??
I also use the said keys as global shortcuts in deadbeef. Once I start up deadbeef (either through CLI or using dmenu) I can use the keys and they work perfectly well in deadbeef, but xev still doesn't show anything on those keypresses except for what I pasted in my first post.
But I want to be able to use the XF86AudioMedia/XF86Tools key to start deadbeef. GAAAAAH !!!
Anyone?
Last edited by Inxsible (2010-07-22 17:13:39)

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state 0x0, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 349747, (207,-29), root:(432,445),
state 0x40, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
And from the display switch:
KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 350269, (207,-29), root:(432,445),
state 0x0, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 350270, (207,-29), root:(432,445),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x6c, l), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6c) "l"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6c) "l"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 350272, (207,-29), root:(432,445),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x6c, l), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6c) "l"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 351786, (207,-29), root:(432,445),
state 0x40, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
As you can see, the macro looks like it's applied at the hardware level. (What a strange design, especially since all the other device buttons, such as brightness/volume, are implemented in the usual way!) In particular, the KeyRelease event always shows up 1.5 seconds after the display switch button is pressed, regardless of how long I actually hold it down. This makes things rather more complicated; the display switch is indistinguishable from me physically pressing Windows+l, which is what made me wonder if this was possible at all.
Edit: On the other hand, there is an "fn" key, and pressing that plus the display switch yields F4; using F4 is an acceptable workaround to me, but I'd still be curious if there's a solution to the original problem. It's looking harder and harder to take advantage of Openbox bindings without giving up my nostalgic attachment to Windows=terminal.
Last edited by quantheory (2012-02-22 17:02:19)

Laptop touchpad button scrolling problem

I have an Acer Aspire 5715z, and i am useing the latest updates with LXDE. My problem is that there is a third button below my touchpad for scrolling. If i press it, it scrolls one "unit" down, but if i keep it pushing, no more scroll. I just want to make the scrolling continuos, while i keep the button pushed.
xbindkeys output:
Up:
"NoCommand"
m:0x2800 + b:4 (mouse)
Down:
"NoCommand"
m:0x3000 + b:5 (mouse)
xev output
Up:
ButtonPress event, serial 43, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 1399791, (119,81), root:(184,390),
state 0x2000, button 4, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 43, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 1399951, (119,81), root:(184,390),
state 0x2800, button 4, same_screen YES
Down:
ButtonPress event, serial 43, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 1455033, (126,103), root:(191,412),
state 0x2000, button 5, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 43, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 1455183, (126,103), root:(191,412),
state 0x3000, button 5, same_screen YES
Thanks for the help!

Perhaps using xinput would work as it does with the ThinkPad TrackPoint { xorg-xinput needs to be installed }.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co … ing_xinput

Xmodmap: remap num lock?

Hi,
Since i quite frequently need to enter numbers in a 1e5 format I want to remap the numlock key to e (so that i can type one-handedly).
However, i somehow need to activate the number block, so i decided to map Num_Lock on the Scroll_Lock key.
with
xmodmap -e "keysym Scroll_Lock = Num_Lock"
xev gives Num_Lock as correct event, however i miss the following (quoted from xev before changing the original Num_Lock key)
PropertyNotify event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
atom 0x178 (XKLAVIER_STATE), time 10891125, state PropertyNewValue
For comparison, i posted the original numlock xev output and the one of the remapped scroll lock:
http://pastebin.com/f3558ea1c
Any ideas how i can fix this? Would be brilliant if i could get this to work -though actually I consider it a hardware issue that producers should fix by just adding an e key to the numlock. Screw those multimedia keys, get practical...
MC

perhaps you have to set the key to a modifier too (I'm guessing that the lock modifier is numlock:
xmodmap -e "add lock = Num_Lock"

[SOLVED] horizontal scrolling openbox

Hi, I would like to use horizontal scroll to change desktop, I enabled it in 50-synaptics and I know how to change rc.conf to add hotkeys to openbox, but I can't find what to type for horizontal scrolling in keybind.
i.e. :
<keybind key="C-A-Left"> <--- what to type for horizontal scroll?
<action name="GoToDesktop">
<to>left</to>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
I've looked in the rc.conf wiki and couldn't find anything...anyone knows?
thank you
Last edited by trixrabbit (2013-07-05 23:58:15)

@2manydogs, you're right it's .xml, I made a typo and yes it's in the mousebind section, I just wanted to explain what line I had wrong and copy-pasted the wrong thing, thx.
so this is what I have in my rc.xml :
<mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
<action name="GoToDesktop">
<to>previous</to>
</action>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Click">
<action name="GoToDesktop">
<to>next</to>
</action>
</mousebind>
this is the xev output :
ButtonPress event, serial 46, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
root 0x83, subw 0x0, time 351370, (61,90), root:(167,345),
state 0x0, button 7, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 46, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
root 0x83, subw 0x0, time 351370, (61,90), root:(167,345),
state 0x0, button 7, same_screen YES
ButtonPress event, serial 46, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
root 0x83, subw 0x0, time 353702, (61,90), root:(167,345),
state 0x0, button 6, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 46, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
root 0x83, subw 0x0, time 353702, (61,90), root:(167,345),
state 0x0, button 6, same_screen YES
Also before I changed it to Left and Right, I couldn't scroll up/down to change desktop, I don't remember if I changed it one day because it was very annoying but it wasn't doing it anymore. I would like this mousebind to be global too if it's possible.

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