Keyboard configuration "Tab and ESC keys"

by Jeff » Wed, 07 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Hello Folks,

I have installed Linux on a Toshiba Laptop Satellite 210CS and
everything works great... :-) However, my girlfriend put some water few
months ago on the keyboard and the TAB and ESC keys didn't work
anymore..duh....

How can I map alternate keys to TAB and ESC ? For instance, let's
say I want ALT-A mapped to TAB and ALT-Z mapped to ESC ?

Thanks a lot for your help !!

Jeff.

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I have a Dell Insperon 8000 laptop. I'd like to use some of the special
keys to do something useful under linux.... Example: I'd like to make
the Volume-Up and Volume-Down actually control the sound level....

I'm almost positive these are all just keys, and not hard-wired to control
the sound level, because they don't work under linux!? Is this a valid
assumption?

I did a `showkey -s` and found this:

Key Name Down Event Up Event
---------- ------------ ----------
Play/Pause 0E 01 0E 81
Stop 0E 02 0E 82
Rewind 0E 03 0E 83
Fast Forward 0E 04 0E 84

*note: The Play/Pause button doubles as the "Dell `E`" Button, and the
Stop button is the "i" or "info" (I'm assuming the implyed "info")

But the Volume-UP/Down keys do not seem to generate scan codes, Is there
some other way to use them? (If so, then how do they work under windows?)

Now that i found these scan codes, what do i do with them?

thanks,

Lowell C. Alleman

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