asus multimedia hotkeys not handled

[Nicolò Chieffo]

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
M6Ne
1.0

Play/next 0xa2 or XF86AudioPlay
stop 0xa4 or XF86AudioStop
previous 0x90 or XF86AudioPrev
next 0x99 or XF86AudioNext

I'm using latest upgrade packages and I've just created a new user. unfortunately these keys are not handled!

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

It is simple to get this hotkeys working: go to system, preferences, keyboard shortcuts and set them! there's an audio section!
anyway this must be done by default, not requiring user interaction!

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

I just created a new user to see how they are handled now, but again everything is set to disabled in keyboard shurtcuts!

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

We need to map all the 'xf86*' keys to match the kernel 'input.h'...

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

...and to set 'gnome-keybinding-properties' to have these already setup.

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

ok! can I but I must add an information! the real keycodes are not
XF86*! these keycodes appears to be generated only if I first set the
?x?? in keyboard shortcuts! so we can base on these only if they are
set!

On 4/4/06, Paul Sladen <email address hidden> wrote:
> ...and to set 'gnome-keybinding-properties' to have these already setup.
>
> ** Changed in: control-center (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
> --
> asus multimedia hotkeys not handled
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37225
>

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

dapper final released! I hoped this could be fixed soon...

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

hello I'm testing hotkeys with edgy! everything is enabled except:

next track (0x99)
previous track (0x90)
stop (0xa4)

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Whith the latest edgy I've noticed that the keycode 0xa2 is associated wirh PAUSE but it's PLAY/PAUSE!!!

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

the same with feisty...
could we have it fixed? where are the default keys located? which package?

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

proposed patch that should fix it

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

the bug is in the gconf default settings

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

this attachment is the patch to the source code. sorry for the previous ones

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you Nicolò. Matthew, do you know if those key codes are standard?

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

my hotkeys are mapped to acpi_fakekey which uses the consant in
/usr/include/linux/input.h

if they are not standard, also input.h is wrong

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for the work, I've updated the previous patch to list extra actions:

 control-center (1:2.18.1-0ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/patches/07_default_keys.patch:
     - updated keycodes (play, pause, previous, next) (Ubuntu: #37225)