Using laptop "special" buttons in X

[Wayne Leutwyler]

Rick Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My laptop has several special function keys, which I would like to assign as 
> actions in KDE.  When I press the keys, I get a message on the text console 
> to the effect of (sorry, I don't have the exact text, but this should be 
> close enough): "Undefined keyboard scancode 65, use setkeycodes to assign."
> 
> man setkeycodes says: "The  keycodes  of  X  have nothing to do with those of 
> Linux...", so it sounds like setkeycodes won't get my keys to X.  How do I 
> assign scancodes to an X keycode, and how do I find an unused keycode I can 
> assign it to?  Once I have X seeing the keys, it should be no differant than 
> assigning any other key in KDE.
> 
> Thanks,
>  --rick
> 
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