Questions tagged [keycodes]

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How do I fix F10, F11 and F12?

What software are related to the Keyboard? or the Keyboard configuration? Problem It's local, only at my account. It doesn't help If I try the reassign the keys they still won't work. Info My laptop. If I type xev in a terminal I notice that the key…
Alvar
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How to find keycodes for Fn + keys?

I'm trying to find out the keycode for Fn + ← keypress (left arrow). Xev outputs FocusOut event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3c00001, mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor FocusIn event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3c00001, mode…
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How do I correct this mismapped stylus button?

I'm running Kubuntu 15.10 on an HP Spectre x360, which has a non-Wacom active digitizer built into the display. I'm using a two-button stylus with this, but the second button doesn't work. I couldn't get xinput to show any state change when the…
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Get keyboard scancodes in Ubuntu 13.10

I'm trying to find out the scancodes for a set of foot pedals so that I can rebind them to more useful keys. In older versions of Ubuntu I was able to do this using /lib/udev/keymap as discussed here , but the program seems to no longer exist!…
dshepherd
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atkbd.c spamming the logs. How to get rid? what is this?

On my Vostro 1000 notebook the following messages spam my dmesg: [18678.728936] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0). [18678.728941] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known. [18679.831109]…
turbo
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setkeycodes does not change keycode

I have a fresh install of 16.04 on a new Levono Ideapad 500S. I've been trying to make the brightness keys work and have finally managed to hook up the brightness up key to work as expected. However, I need to change the keycode of my brightness…
Vivek Ghaisas
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Get key name from keycode

I am writing a shell script that uses xinput , and I would like to get a human-readable description of what the user has typed using the keycode from xinput . For example, A generates 38. Ctrl is 37. How can I get those key names from the codes?
Nonny Moose
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Multiple keycodes not working at the same time

I'm using xubuntu 14.04. I'm having a problem when pressing some keybinds (specifically with some keycodes). Thus, show you the result of xev when pressing first Alt_R and then Alt_L . KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001, root…
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Bind command lines to keys

Is there a way to make this command line to activate every time i press a certain button? xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown I mean how can I bind it to a key? Also, which one of the keycodes are important and need to be used when binding? Scancode…
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`evtest` does not report scancode for TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint on ThinkPad X1 C6

I am trying to identify scancodes for the three buttons below the space bar (above the trackpad) on my ThinkPad X1C6 using evtest as well as evemu-record . The buttons are working fine but no scancodes are reported. Output: Input driver version is…
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How to convert keycodes to key?

It's easy to get the keycode of a given key (showkey,xev etc) but how can one convert this keycode back to a key, for different keyboard layouts? (key->keycode, and back) For example: keycode(MetaKey)=125 <=> key(125)=MetaKey
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Ubuntu 16.04.01 LTS: How to show scancodes?

I want to show my scancodes, because Ubuntu doesn't map my keyboard correctly. (Multiple keys ( Alt , Alt Gr and Strg ) have the same keycode and act like Caps Lock ). Windows 10 maps my keyboard correctly... showkey --scancodes and sudo evtest…
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22.04 Airplane mode activated whenever lid closes/opens, screen switches orientation, or tablet mode is activate/deactivated

I have a 2022 HP 14" Spectre x360, which can flip into tablet mode and has an accelerometer to switch the screen orientation. However, when I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on it, I found that switching it in or out of tablet mode, switching the orientation…
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Explain the internal mechanism of the "Keyboard Layout Options" from the aspect of the remapping of scancode, keycode, or keysym

I would like you to explain the internal mechanism of the "Keyboard Layout Options" from the aspect of the remapping of scancode , keycode , or keysym . I am talking about the GUI "Keyboard Layout Options" control panel. I am particularly interested…
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Laptop Fn key code for bindsym in i3wm

I am using i3wm with ubuntu 20.04. I would like to Fn+Left/Right work as End/Home like in my previous laptop. I know how to make bindsyn in i3wm config but I cannot find Fn code. I used xev but it show nothing after click Fn button. On my laptop…
Simon Hryszko
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