[TriLUG] Multimedia Keybinding

vikram sai balaji ulaganathan via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Fri Oct 14 16:24:28 EDT 2016


Thanks, found the code
It was pactl set-sink-volume 0 +/- 5%.
I saw i3 settings and tried it on unity and it worked. I had to tweak the
command by changing the value from 0 to 1 as it assumed 0 for HDMI output
and 1 for laptop speakers

Thanks again for all your help.
Vikram

On Oct 14, 2016 3:11 PM, "Ken MacKenzie" <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> Your audio mixer should be what captures the key press.  My example, I use
> openbox for my WM, with tint2 and docky.  My volume adjust is handled by
> the volumeicon program (which I think comes with XFCE).  Anyway in its
> preferences I can set what it sees as the volume up and down keypresses.
> Other DE/WM/Mixer combos will differ.
>
> Ken
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:07 PM, vikram sai balaji ulaganathan via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks all for the tips. But what i am looking for is the command that
>> gets
>> executed. For e.g. xev gets the proper key code 122 which is
>> XF86AudioRaiseVolume. But what i am looking for is XF86AudioRaiseVolume
>> triggers something like aumix -v 10+ etc.. I want to know what function /
>> command gets triggered or where can i find the mapping.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Vikram
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Robert Dale via TriLUG <
>> trilug at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Here's a list of key codes
>> > https://github.com/jackhumbert/qmk_firmware/blob/master/doc/keycode.txt
>> >
>> > 0x80 volume up
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Lee Fickenscher via TriLUG
>> > <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>> > > I'm not sure those events make it to the X server, but if they do, you
>> > try
>> > > xev.
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG <
>> > trilug at trilug.org
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Perhaps installing a keylogger can help.  You need to trap the
>> keyboard
>> > >> event.  logkeys is one that is pretty easy to setup.
>> > >>
>> > >> Ken
>> > >>
>> > >> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:46 AM, vikram sai balaji ulaganathan via
>> > TriLUG
>> > >> <
>> > >> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > How can i find the exact command that gets triggered when i press
>> say
>> > >> > "Volume-up" key in ubuntu? I have searched for the gsettings and
>> dconf
>> > >> > information and all i get is "Volume-up" and the key code. Any help
>> > would
>> > >> > be appreciated.
>> > >> > Thanks
>> > >> > Vikram
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