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stuartmarsden · 2008-04-16, 20:20

I have just got an Gyro Remote which works as a usb hid keyboard. The cursor keys work and so do the number keys but the other keys (play, stop, etc ) do nothing.

If I use xev I can see the events being triggered as I press the keys. My question is how do I use that information to setup the keys in keymap.xml?

I know that it is possible to set <key id=something> but it does not seem to relate directly to the xev info. I have looked in ButtonTranslator.cpp and SDLKeyboard.cpp but cannot figure this out.

Any help greatly appreciated.

althekiller · 2008-04-16, 20:53

Enable printing of button codes in advancedsettings.xml. see manual.

stuartmarsden · 2008-04-16, 21:50

I tried that but it did not show anything. Does this work for keyboards as well as lirc remotes?

nomorenight · 2008-04-16, 22:01

For my UltraX remote (which is a HID device) I use xmodmap to map key events to key events recognized by XBMC.

stuartmarsden · 2008-04-16, 22:18

nomorenight,

That is an option but I also plan to use it with other linux apps so this may become complex to ensure that they are all changed.

If I could just map those keys into keymap.xml then I would be happier but failing that xmodmap is the way to go.

Could you post your xmodmap? I would have to change the IDs but it would save a bit of time. Where do you place a custom xmodmap under ubuntu?

Thanks

topfs2 · 2008-04-16, 23:07

stuartmarsden Wrote:I tried that but it did not show anything. Does this work for keyboards as well as lirc remotes?

No I don't suspect it does. Try using
# irw
for LIRC buttons.
(I'm not on linux now so I can't be 100% that's the command but it should be in the lirc forumthread if you scourge through it)

stuartmarsden · 2008-04-16, 23:40

My remote does not use lirc but acts as a keyboard.

nomorenight · 2008-04-17, 14:18

stuartmarsden Wrote:Could you post your xmodmap? I would have to change the IDs but it would save a bit of time. Where do you place a custom xmodmap under ubuntu?

Sure, here: http://bleedingtree.mine.nu/xmodmap.txt

My mappings are based on an UltraX map for MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Log...dia_Remote), so it's not a pretty sight (and I have only mapped the XBMC commands I needed). Lines starting with "!" is ignored.

Put your mappings in .Xmodmap (in your home dir).