I agree that lineak is difficult to set up. However, if you are using Mandrake, it's as simple as urmpi lineak urpmi klineak Alternatively, if you can find a distro specific build, I can help you with setting up the extra keys - just get it installed first. HTH Jarlath On Wednesday 05 January 2005 05:00 pm, Thomas McGuire wrote: > On Wednesday 05 January 2005 20:13, Steve Turnbull wrote: > > Has any one any idea how to associate special keys in KDE, remember it > > works in Gnome so it's not a hardware issue... > > I use lineak for this, but the program is difficult to set up. > Furthermore, the KDE frontend did not compile for me. > > Another method is described below, taken from the new KDE user guide: > > Many modern keyboards contain extra keys that are not by default > > assigned to any action. > > âMultimediaâ keys often generate a signal, and can simply > > be chosen as a keybinding within an application just like choosing any > > other > > > key. Some keys however, are not detected and pressing them in a > > Configure Shortcuts has no effect. > > Some IBM laptops, for instance, have extra keys about the left and right > > arrows, which look like page left and page > > right. > > Use xev to find the code of the keys. In > > this case, they are 233 and 234 > > > > Choose key symbols. There are quite a range of these that are not > > used by default, so many are free. You can find the list in > > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h (or its equivalent > > on your system). > > Create a file in your home directory called > > .Xmodmap, and add to it the following: > > keycode 233 = Next_Virtual_Screen > > keycode 234 = Prev_Virtual_Screen > > Run the command xmodmap~/.Xmodmap > > At this point, you should be able to run xev again > > and see that the keys now generate the keysym that you assigned. You > > can now > > > simply assign them to any action as normal. > > Related Information > > The xev manpage. You can see this by typing > > man:/xev into a Konqueror window or by typing > > man xev into a terminal. > > Please don't post to more than one mailing list. > > Hope that helps, > Thomas > ___________________________________________________ > . > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.