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<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Introduction"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Introduction</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Determine_the_keycodes"><SPAN class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Determine the
keycodes</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Setting_up_xmodmap"><SPAN class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Setting up
xmodmap</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Assigning_keys_to_special_functions"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Assigning keys to special
functions</SPAN></A>
<UL>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Non_window_manager_specific_-_xbindkeys"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Non window manager
specific - xbindkeys</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Blackbox"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Blackbox</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Fluxbox"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fluxbox</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Openbox"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Openbox</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#XFCE"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>XFCE</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#KDE"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>KDE</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#GNOME"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>GNOME</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Window_Maker"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.8</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Window Maker</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Enlightenment_DR16"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.9</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Enlightenment
DR16</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Ion_3"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.10</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Ion 3</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#FVWM_and_FVWM-Crystal"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.11</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>FVWM and
FVWM-Crystal</SPAN></A> </LI></UL>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Alternative:_lineakd_or_keyTouch"><SPAN class=tocnumber>5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Alternative: lineakd or
keyTouch</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Sample:_eMachines_m68xx"><SPAN class=tocnumber>6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Sample: eMachines
m68xx</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Getting_bizzare_keyboards_working"><SPAN class=tocnumber>7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Getting bizzare keyboards
working</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Command_Line_Functions_to_Control_Common_Applications"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Command Line Functions to
Control Common Applications</SPAN></A>
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<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#xmms"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>xmms</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Rhythmbox"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Rhythmbox</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#amarok"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>amarok</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Quod_Libet"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8.4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Quod Libet</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#MPD.2FMPC"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8.5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>MPD/MPC</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#ALSA"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8.6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>ALSA</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Banshee_player"><SPAN class=tocnumber>8.7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Banshee
player</SPAN></A> </LI></UL></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<DIV class=editsection style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">[<A title="Edit section: Introduction" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</DIV><A name=Introduction></A>
<H2>Introduction </H2>
<P>Most modern keyboards are equipped with a number of multimedia keys. This
simple HOWTO explains what you have to do in order to use these keys. </P>
<DIV class=editsection style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">[<A title="Edit section: Determine the keycodes" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys&action=edit&section=2">edit</A>]</DIV><A name=Determine_the_keycodes></A>
<H2>Determine the keycodes </H2>
<P>Whenever you hit a key on your keyboard the <A title=Kernel href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/Kernel">kernel</A> generates a <A class=new title="Raw scancode" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=Raw_scancode&action=edit">raw
scancode</A>, which can be mapped to a keycode. Whilst this is what happens at
kernel level, <A title=X href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/X">X</A> has a different
way of mapping keys. It reads the kernel keycode table at startup, then maps the
keycode to its own keycode table . Each keycode can be mapped to a keysym, which
is a string that represents a key. </P>
<P>Determining the keycodes for your multimedia keys is very easy. Simply run
the following command in an X terminal: </P><PRE>xev
</PRE>
<P>Now press every multimedia key on your keyboard and note the generated
keycodes. They can be found in the output of xev, which looks similar to this:
</P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TD><PRE>KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2800001,
root 0x7d, subw 0x0, time 2792224, (-22,86), root:(565,101),
state 0x10, keycode 160, same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>The "keycode" value is what we are concerned with. In this example it is
"160." Make note of each of each keycode value in respect to each extended
key.<BR></P>
<P>The following script can help you find the keycodes in the output of xev:
</P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TD><PRE>xev | grep keycode | \
sed s/"^.*keycode *\([0-9]\+\).*$"/"keycode \1 = "/ | uniq
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>Run this instead of plain xev. Press all multimedia keys in order. Then close
the xev window. The filtered output appears only <B>after</B> closing the
window. Output example: </P><PRE>keycode 36 =
keycode 144 =
keycode 162 =
keycode 164 =
</PRE>
<P>Most likely, like in this example, you will have a first line in the output
which is NOT a multimedia key. Simply delete it. </P>
<P>A single key can be identified without ending xev by: </P><PRE>xev | sed -n '/keycode/!d;s/^.*keycode *\([0-9]\+\).*$/keycode \1 = /;p'
</PRE>
<P><BR></P>
<P><BR>If pressing each key prodeces output from xev then you can jump ahead to
<A title="HOWTO Use Multimedia Keys" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Setting_up_xmodmap">Setting
up xmodmap</A>. If pressing a key doesn't do anything at all (ie, xev produeces
no output), run the following command in an X terminal: </P><PRE>dmesg
</PRE>
<P>You will probably see some lines like these: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TD><PRE>atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x96 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e016 <keycode>' to make it known.
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>This means that the kernel doesn't have keycodes mapped to your keyboard's
scancodes. You will have to add one line in <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/etc/conf.d/local.start</FONT> for each missing key as follows: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>setkeycodes e008 136
setkeycodes e016 150
... And so on ...
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<DL>
<DD>Where the first number (e008) is what you see in dmesg, and the second
number (136) is an unused keycode in your kernel. In general you can find a
good keycode by taking the last 2 digits of this first number, converting it
from hex (base-16) to decimal (base-10) and adding 128. </DD></DL>
<DL>
<DD>This will set up the proper scancode - keycode mapping every boot. To set
them up without rebooting, run the following as root: </DD></DL>
<DL>
<DD>sh /etc/conf.d/local.start </DD></DL>
<DL>
<DD>After you have the proper mappings setup, restart X and try running xev
again, to ensure that a keycode is displayed for each multimedia key you want
to use. </DD></DL>
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<H2>Setting up xmodmap </H2>
<P>All you need to do now is to create a file containing mappings for keycodes
to keysyms. Create a file called <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>.Xmodmap</FONT> in your $HOME directory. </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>! This works with Trust Silverline Direct Access keyboard
! Use ! for comments
keycode 222 = XF86PowerOff
keycode 223 = XF86Sleep
keycode 236 = XF86Mail
keycode 229 = XF86Search
keycode 230 = XF86Favorites
keycode 178 = XF86WWW
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>A list of possible keysyms can be found in <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB</FONT> or
<FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB</FONT>
(the location of XKeysymDB may differ across distributions). The following is a
list of the more commonly used keysyms as found in XKeysymDB. </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>XF86ModeLock :1008FF01
XF86Standby :1008FF10
XF86AudioLowerVolume :1008FF11
XF86AudioMute :1008FF12
XF86AudioRaiseVolume :1008FF13
XF86AudioPlay :1008FF14
XF86AudioStop :1008FF15
XF86AudioPrev :1008FF16
XF86AudioNext :1008FF17
</PRE>
<P>... </P><PRE>XF86HomePage :1008FF18
XF86Mail :1008FF19
XF86Start :1008FF1A
XF86SplitScreen :1008FF7D
XF86Support :1008FF7E
XF86Away :1008FF8D
XF86Messenger :1008FF8E
XF86WebCam :1008FF8F
XF86MailForward :1008FF90
XF86Pictures :1008FF91
XF86Music :1008FF92
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><BR></P>
<P>All you have to do now is to call xmodmap whenever your X session starts.
Usually a good place to do this is your $HOME/.xsession file. </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>/usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>Remember to substitute $HOME for the full path for your home directory. </P>
<P><B>GDM setup</B><BR>If you are using GDM you can use the file
/etc/X11/Xmodmap as a system wide Xmodmap. You can also change the location to
another Xmodmap file if you wish. Simply change sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap in
the file /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default to whatever you would like. </P>
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<H2>Assigning keys to special functions </H2>
<P>Now that your multimedia keys have a keysym mapping, you can bind them to
whatever function you want or your window manager allows you to respectivly.
</P>
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<H3>Non window manager specific - xbindkeys </H3>
<P>If your window manager doesn't have a facility for keyboard shortcuts, or
indeed if you want to switch between multiple window managers/desktop
environments and keep the same keyboard shortcuts throughout, then xbindkeys may
be the solution for you. </P>
<P>To install, a simple <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>emerge
xbindkeys</FONT> will do the trick. </P>
<P>After installation you must edit the config file <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.xbindkeysrc</FONT>. If you don't
have the file (you won't), you'll get it by running xbindkeys and reading). The
file is well commented with examples, but for completeness I will give an
example here. To use the key XF86WWW to open your webbrowser (Firefox in this
case), place the following code snippet into the config file: </P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>"firefox"
XF86WWW
</PRE><PRE>#General format being:
"command to execute"
key combination
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>You can use various modifiers (alt, shift, ctrl) to add additional shortcuts.
For example, to launch a urxvt terminal with the key combination Ctrl-n, place
the following code snippet in your config file: </P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>"urxvt"
Control + n
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>When finished with your config file, simply run the command <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>xbindkeys</FONT> (or 'xbindkeys -n'
if you do not want xbindkeys to run as a daemon). </P>
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<H3>Blackbox </H3>
<P>You will need to emerge bbkeys. Once bbkeys is installed, make sure bbkeys is
ran whenever you start X. Example xinitrc: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE>bbkeys &
exec blackbox
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><BR>Now you will need to configure bbkeys. You can either use the global
configuration file (usually /usr/share/bbkeys/bbkeysrc) or copy it to
~/.bbkeysrc and edit that instead. You can start from scratch but I recommend
just adding to the already existing (and quite nice) defaults. Example: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TR>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>[begin] (bbkeys configuration file)
# * CUT DEFAULTS *
[keybindings] (begin keybindings)
# * CUT DEFAULTS *
[Execute] (XF86Mail) {thunderbird}
[Execute] (XF86AudioPlay) {xmms --play-pause}
[Execute] (XF86AudioStop) {xmms --stop}
[Execute] (XF86AudioNext) {xmms --fwd}
[Execute] (XF86AudioPrev) {xmms --rew}
[Execute] (XF86AudioLowerVolume) {amixer -q set PCM 2- unmute}
[Execute] (XF86AudioRaiseVolume) {amixer -q set PCM 2+ unmute}
[end] (end keybindings)
[end] (end bbkeys configuration)
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><BR>That's all there is to it. </P>
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<H3>Fluxbox </H3>
<P>Open up your <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.fluxbox/keys</FONT> with your favourite editor. To control for
example the basic XMMS functionality you append my example to your file: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE>None XF86AudioPlay :ExecCommand /usr/bin/xmms --play-pause
None XF86AudioStop :ExecCommand /usr/bin/xmms --stop
None XF86AudioPrev :ExecCommand /usr/bin/xmms --rew
None XF86AudioNext :ExecCommand /usr/bin/xmms --fwd
None XF86AudioLowerVolume :ExecCommand amixer -q set PCM 2- unmute
None XF86AudioMute :ExecCommand amixer -q set Master toggle
None XF86AudioRaiseVolume :ExecCommand amixer -q set PCM 2+ unmute
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><BR>For certain cards it might work if for mute you put PCM, instead of
Master. It might give designed effect (volume up button when pressed will unmute
the card): </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE>None XF86AudioMute :ExecCommand amixer -q set PCM toggle
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<H3>Openbox </H3>
<P>Open your <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.config/openbox/rc.xml</FONT> file, search for section keyboard
and, following the examples add in the end of session: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE><keybind key="XF86AudioPlay">
<action name="Execute"><execute>/usr/bin/xmms --play-pause</execute></action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioStop">
<action name="Execute"><execute>/usr/bin/xmms --stop</execute></action>
</keybind></PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>For more information see documentation of openbox about keybind in <A title=http://icculus.org/openbox/docs.php?page=details.html#keybindings href="http://icculus.org/openbox/docs.php?page=details.html#keybindings">http://icculus.org/openbox/docs.php?page=details.html#keybindings</A>.
</P>
<P>See about actions in the same page also. </P>
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<H3>XFCE </H3>
<P><B>Note: In xfce > 4.2.3.2 (SVN) the shortcut settings are under <FONT style="COLOR: #000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f2f2ff"><STRONG>Settings > Keyboard
Settings</STRONG></FONT></B> </P>
<P>Open the Settings Manager, click on "Window Manager" and select the
"Keyboard" tab. To define our own key bindings we have to create a new theme.
Click "Add" to create it (note that all key bindings from the default theme are
copied into the new theme). In the "Command Shortcuts" section doubleclick on an
empty slot, enter the command you would like to bind and press the according
key. The keysym from your <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>.Xmodmap</FONT> should appear next to the command if everything
works as expected. Done. </P>
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<H3>KDE </H3>
<P>With KDE you can set almost all settings through the Control Center if you
have a supported keyboard. Go to Control Center -> Regional &
Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout and choose your Keyboard model (I have a
Logitech iTouch). </P>
<P>If Keyboard Layout is missing: </P><PRE>$ emerge -av kde-base/kxkb
</PRE>
<P>After you have set your model, use KHotKeys to map the keys to actions. I
usually use simple DCOP calls to talk to Amarok. </P>
<P>If your keyboard is not supported you can try the following: </P>
<P>If you use kdm as your login manager, kdm will source the file <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.xprofile</FONT> on each login.
</P>
<P><B>Note:</B> If you use Debian, your Xsession file will be located in <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/etc/kde[version]/kdm/</FONT>
(substitute [version] with your KDE version) </P>
<P>Simply create the file <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.Xmodmap</FONT> as mentioned above, then have a line in <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.xprofile</FONT> that has xmodmap
use it. </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #888 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffafaf"><FONT size=-1><B>File:</B> ~/.xprofile </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE>/usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><B>Note:</B> If everything is configured but nothing happens, try to install
kde-base/kmilo: </P><PRE>$ emerge -av kde-base/kmilo
</PRE>
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<H3>GNOME </H3>
<P>Gnome-2.10: </P>
<P>Go to Desktop > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, or run
gnome-keyboard-bindings, whichever suits your fancy. Make sure the Sound
category in the Actions column is expanded, then click on the desired action.
The entry in the Shortcut column will change to "New accelerator...." Press the
desired key for the binding, and the shortcut is made. A proper entry should
look similar to </P>
<TABLE>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD><B>Action</B></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20px"></TD>
<TD><B>Shortcut</B> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>Volume mute</TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD>XF86AudioMute </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>If you feel more comfortable with (or are just that more adventurous), open
up Gnome's Configuration Editor, either through the menus, or through the
command gconf-editor, then navigate to Apps > gnome_settings_daemon >
keybindings. For the even-more-adventurous, use your favorite editor (such as
vim), and open <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.gconf/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/%gconf.xml</FONT>
</P>
<P>A decent set to work with is: </P>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #888 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffafaf"><FONT size=-1><B>File:</B>
~/.gconf/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/%gconf.xml</FONT> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE><?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="www" mtime="1115511556" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86HomePage</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="email" mtime="1115511554" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86Mail</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="next" mtime="1115511504" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86AudioNext</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="previous" mtime="1115511503" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86AudioPrev</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="stop" mtime="1115511498" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86AudioStop</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="play" mtime="1115511489" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86AudioPlay</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="volume_up" mtime="1116696662" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86AudioRaiseVolume</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="volume_down" mtime="1115511485" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86AudioLowerVolume</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="volume_mute" mtime="1116697540" type="string">
<stringvalue>XF86AudioMute</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf></PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<H3>Window Maker </H3>
<P>Adding shortcuts to Window Maker is simple using the Window Maker Preferences
Utility: WPrefs. By default WPrefs is the third icon down in the dock. If WPrefs
is no longer in the dock, you can access it on most distros by running the
following command in an X terminal: </P><PRE>$ /usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs
</PRE>
<P>You can go to the keyboard section of WPrefs to bind the extended keys to
some predefined internal Window Maker commands. </P>
<P>Simply scroll right until the keyboard icon is visible and click on it. </P>
<P>You will see a list of internal commands that you can higlight. Select the
command you want to bind and then click the "capture" button. Now simply hit the
key and any modifiers (ctrl, alt, shift etc.) you want to bind to this function.
</P>
<P>While binding internal Window Maker commands is useful, more useful is
binding external commands to keystrokes. The only way to do this is to add them
to the main Window Maker menu, the same menu you can access from right clicking
on the root window or hitting F12 by default. </P>
<P>In WPrefs you can click on the menu icon: the one next to the keyboard icon
to access the menu.<BR>An editable version of the menu will pop up outside of
the main WPref window. You can drag any of the sample elements from the main
WPrefs window to the editable menu to create a new element of that
type.<BR>Double-click on an element in the editable menu to change its name. Be
sure to press Enter after completing the name change or else it will revert.
</P>
<P>Adding a shortcut to a program entry will result in the shortcut keysym
showing up in the menu; It will not show up in the editable version of the menu.
Because the keysyms are a bit ugly you can tidy up the menu by sticking the
programs in a submenu. </P>
<P>You can add a shortcut to a "Run Program" element by selecting it in the
dummy menu and clicking the "Capture" button then pressing the key/keystroke you
want to bind to that program. </P>
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<H3>Enlightenment DR16 </H3>
<P>Emerge the e16keyedit package. Then run 'e16keyedit' inside of enlightenment.
Create a new keybinding, and press the 'Change' button to record a keystroke.
Just press your new multimedia key and bind it to whatever action you'd like
(use the 'Run' action to bind it to a command like aumix). Remember to press the
'Save' button when you're done. </P>
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<H3>Ion 3 </H3>
<P>Copy <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/etc/X11/ion3/cfg_bindings.lua</FONT> to <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.ion3/cfg_bindings.lua</FONT> (if
you did not do this already) and edit it. By using <I>kpress(KEY, ACTION)</I>
you can bind actions to multimedia keys: </P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE> (...)
bdoc("Mute/Unmute Sound."),
kpress("AnyModifier+XF86AudioMute", "ioncore.exec_on(_, 'amixer sset Master toggle')"),
bdoc("Increase Volume."),
kpress("AnyModifier+XF86AudioRaiseVolume", "ioncore.exec_on(_, 'amixer sset Master 3%+')"),
bdoc("Decrease Volume."),
kpress("AnyModifier+XF86AudioLowerVolume", "ioncore.exec_on(_, 'amixer sset Master 3%-')"),
(...)
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<DIV class=editsection style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">[<A title="Edit section: FVWM and FVWM-Crystal" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys&action=edit&section=15">edit</A>]</DIV><A name=FVWM_and_FVWM-Crystal></A>
<H3>FVWM and FVWM-Crystal </H3>
<P>Add a binding in your configuration. FVWM-Crystal users can find a
description of the modifiers used by Crystal in <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/usr/share/fvwm-crystal/fvwm/components/functions/Keyboard-Modifiers</FONT>
</P>
<P>Example for Crystal, I use the Aumix mixer here. For a system wide
configuration, modify the file <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/usr/share/fvwm-crystal/fvwm/components/functions/Mixer-aumix</FONT>,
otherwise copy it in <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>~/.fvwm-crystal/components/functions</FONT> and add: </P>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #888 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffafaf"><FONT size=-1><B>File:</B>
~/.fvwm-crystal/components/functions/Mixer-aumix</FONT> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE> (...)
Key XF86AudioLowerVolume A $[Mod0] Mixer-Volume-Down
Key XF86AudioRaiseVolume A $[Mod0] Mixer-Volume-Up
(...)
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>Another example with FVWM functions, parameters, external command and key
modifiers: </P>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #888 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffafaf"><FONT size=-1><B>File:</B>
~/.fvwm-crystal/components/functions/Music-myplayer</FONT> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE> (...)
# Same key with modifiers and call to an external program
Key XF86AudioMute A $[Mod0] Exec exec alsaplayer --volume 0
key XF86AudioMute A C Exec exec alsaplayer --volume 1
(...)
# Another key with modifiers
# + FVWM function
key XF86AudioPlay A $[Mod0] Music-PlayPause
key XF86AudioPlay A C Music-Pause
# + FVWM function with parameter
key XF86AudioPlay A $[Mod1] Music-Speed normal
(...)
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<H2>Alternative: lineakd or keyTouch</H2>
<P>If you're looking for a possibly easier way to bring your multimedia keys to
life, you might want to look at "lineakd" or keyTouch (<A title=http://keytouch.sf.net href="http://keytouch.sf.net/">http://keytouch.sf.net/</A>). Lineak is available via portage (see
<A title=http://lineak.sourceforge.net href="http://lineak.sourceforge.net/">http://lineak.sourceforge.net/</A> for details). </P>
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<H2>Sample: eMachines m68xx </H2>
<P>If you own an eMachines m68xx notebook and want to jump right to using the
keys, you can use the following to setup the keys. NB: These were created on an
m6809, but I assume they're the same for the other m68xx models, if you have
access to one of the other models and can confirm/deny this, please update this
page. </P>
<P>First, we update the the keysyms. On an x86_64 system the file we want is
<FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>/usr/lib64/X11/xkb/symbols/inet</FONT>. Insert the following code:
</P>
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<DIV class=scroll><PRE> // eMachines
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "emachines" {
name[Group1]= "Laptop/notebook eMachines m68xx";
key <I2E> { [ XF86AudioLowerVolume ] };
key <I6D> { [ XF86AudioMedia ] };
key <I30> { [ XF86AudioRaiseVolume ] };
key <I20> { [ XF86AudioMute ] };
key <I6C> { [ XF86Mail ] };
key <I32> { [ XF86iTouch ] };
key <I65> { [ XF86Search ] };
key <I5F> { [ XF86Sleep ] };
key <I22> { [ XF86AudioPlay, XF86AudioPause ] };
key <I24> { [ XF86AudioStop ] };
key <I10> { [ XF86AudioPrev ] };
key <I19> { [ XF86AudioNext ] };
key <KP0> { [ KP_0 ] };
key <KP1> { [ KP_1 ] };
key <KP2> { [ KP_2 ] };
key <KP3> { [ KP_3 ] };
key <KP4> { [ KP_4 ] };
key <KP5> { [ KP_5 ] };
key <KP6> { [ KP_6 ] };
key <KP7> { [ KP_7 ] };
key <KP8> { [ KP_8 ] };
key <KP9> { [ KP_9 ] };
key <KPDL> { [ KP_Decimal ] };
key <KPAD> { [ KP_Add ] };
key <KPSU> { [ KP_Subtract ] };
key <KPMU> { [ KP_Multiply ] };
key <KPDV> { [ KP_Divide ] };
};
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>Now, we add the required references to this keyboard layout to <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>X11/kxb/rules/(xorg</FONT> </P>
<P>In the xorg file we add it to the list of <I>$inetkbds</I> like so: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE> ! $inetkbds = airkey acpi scorpius azonaRF2300 \
brother \
btc5113rf btc5126t btc9000 btc9000a btc9001ah btc5090\
cherryblue cherrybluea cherryblueb \
chicony chicony9885 \
compaqeak8 compaqik7 compaqik13 compaqik18 armada presario ipaq \
dell inspiron dtk2000 \
dexxa diamond genius geniuscomfy2 \
emachines ennyah_dkb1008 \
hpi6 hp2501 hp2505 hp5181 hpxe3gc hpxe3gf hpxe4xxx hpzt11xx \
hp500fa hp5xx hp5185 \
honeywell_euroboard \
rapidaccess rapidaccess2 rapidaccess2a \
ltcd logiaccess logicdp logicdpa logicink logiciink \
logiinkse logiinkseusb logiik itouch \
mx1998 mx2500 mx2750 \
microsoftinet microsoftpro microsoftprooem microsoftprose \
microsoftoffice microsoftmult \
oretec \
propeller \
qtronix \
samsung4500 samsung4510 \
sk1300 sk2500 sk6200 sk7100 \
sven symplon toshiba_s3000 trust trustda yahoo
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<P>In <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>xorg.lst</FONT> we add
one line among the large list of models. </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #888 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffafaf"><FONT size=-1><B>File:</B> /usr/lib64/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE> ...
emachines Laptop/notebook eMachines m68xx
...
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>And finally in <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace" color=green>xorg.xml</FONT> we give it a description, which can be localized.
</P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TR>
<TD>
<DIV class=scroll><PRE> ...
<model>
<configItem>
<name>emachines</name>
<description>Laptop/notebook eMachines m68xx</description>
</configItem>
</model>
...
</PRE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>Now, after all that, restart your X server and there's a fresh new m68xx
keyboard waiting to be selected. In KDE this can be selected easily by opening
the Keyboard Layout Control Module and choosing the newly added "Laptop/notebook
eMachines m68xx" from the Keyboard Model list. Any of the specials keys can then
be bound as shortcuts the way you configure any other shortcut. </P>
<P>Since this is at the X server level, and system wide, it should be accessible
to all users in any window manager. </P>
<DIV class=editsection style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">[<A title="Edit section: Getting bizzare keyboards working" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys&action=edit&section=18">edit</A>]</DIV><A name=Getting_bizzare_keyboards_working></A>
<H2>Getting bizzare keyboards working</H2>
<P>I have an HP keyboard that has a volume wheel. Unfortunately, this and half
of the other buttons don't generate X keyboard events, so I wrote a perl script
to take care of those keys. It's a bit of a pain to use, but it will get ANY
keys or buttons that the keyboard sends working, by going to the low level evdev
interface. </P>
<P>In the kernel, enable the "Event interface" driver (evdev module) to get
kernel support. </P>
<P>Then, grab the photkeys script (Description: <A title=http://thequux.com/modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=2 href="http://thequux.com/modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=2">http://thequux.com/modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=2</A>
Download: <A title=http://thequux.com/modules/wmpdownloads/ href="http://thequux.com/modules/wmpdownloads/">http://thequux.com/modules/wmpdownloads/</A>), and follow the
instructions there to set it up. </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TR>
<TD><PRE>gus alexg # photkeys /dev/input/event1
Unrecognized event: '4:4:28'. Define it in /usr/bin/photkeys
...
Unrecognized event: '4:4:139'. Define it in /usr/bin/photkeys
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>For me when I press buttons something appears in /dev/input/event1, may be in
your system device file would be different. </P>
<P>... Or check one of this alternatives: </P>
<UL>
<LI>Input Event Manager <A title=http://powerman.asdfgroup.com/Projects/input_event/ href="http://powerman.asdfgroup.com/Projects/input_event/">http://powerman.asdfgroup.com/Projects/input_event/</A> I hope it
much more flexible, stable and "less pain to use". :-)
<LI>EvRouter (<A title=http://www.bedroomlan.org/~alexios/coding_evrouter.html href="http://www.bedroomlan.org/~alexios/coding_evrouter.html">http://www.bedroomlan.org/~alexios/coding_evrouter.html</A>)
</LI></UL>
<DIV class=editsection style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">[<A title="Edit section: Command Line Functions to Control Common Applications" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys&action=edit&section=19">edit</A>]</DIV><A name=Command_Line_Functions_to_Control_Common_Applications></A>
<H2>Command Line Functions to Control Common Applications </H2>
<P>Many applications have methods to control them from command line. These are
perfect for creating shortcuts to use with multimedia keys. </P>
<DIV class=editsection style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">[<A title="Edit section: xmms" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys&action=edit&section=20">edit</A>]</DIV><A name=xmms></A>
<H3>xmms </H3>
<P>xmms has some straightforward command line switches. You can see more by
executing this command in a terminal: </P><PRE>$ man xmms
</PRE>
<P><BR></P>
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manpage</FONT> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><PRE>xmms --rew # Skip backwards in playlist.
xmms --stop # Stop current song.
xmms --play-pause # Pause if playing, play otherwise.
xmms --fwd # Skip forward in playlist.
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>Also, xmms has a plugin in portage called : xmms-itouch. It allows you
to configure your media keys with ease. </P>
<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #a0ffa0 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #a0ffa0 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0ffa0 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #a0ffa0 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c1ffc1"><B>Note:</B>
Sometimes itouch incorrectly detects keys (or the keyboard reports them wrongly.
In my case it set the backspace key (22) to start calc so i couldn't then use
backspace while xmms is running. All the media keys should have relatively high
values ~120+. </DIV>
<P><BR></P>
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This works the same for Audacious. Just replace any 'xmms' with 'audacious'.
</DIV>
<DIV class=editsection style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">[<A title="Edit section: Rhythmbox" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys&action=edit&section=21">edit</A>]</DIV><A name=Rhythmbox></A>
<H3>Rhythmbox </H3>
<P>Like xmms, Rhythmbox can be controlled using the command line: </P>
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<TR>
<TD><PRE>rhythmbox-client --previous # Skip backwards in playlist
rhythmbox-client --next # Skip forward in playlist
rhythmbox-client --play-pause # Pause if playing, play otherwise
rhythmbox-client --pause # Pause
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<H3>amarok </H3>
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player" (v. 1.4.4)</FONT> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><PRE>QCStringList interfaces()
QCStringList functions()
QString version()
bool dynamicModeStatus()
bool equalizerEnabled()
bool osdEnabled()
bool isPlaying()
bool randomModeStatus()
bool repeatPlaylistStatus()
bool repeatTrackStatus()
int getVolume()
int sampleRate()
int score()
int rating()
int status()
int trackCurrentTime()
int trackCurrentTimeMs()
int trackPlayCounter()
int trackTotalTime()
QString album()
QString artist()
QString bitrate()
QString comment()
QString coverImage()
QString currentTime()
QString encodedURL()
QString engine()
QString genre()
QString lyrics()
QString lyricsByPath(QString path)
QString lastfmStation()
QString nowPlaying()
QString path()
QString setContextStyle(QString)
QString title()
QString totalTime()
QString track()
QString type()
QString year()
void configEqualizer()
void enableOSD(bool enable)
void enableRandomMode(bool enable)
void enableRepeatPlaylist(bool enable)
void enableRepeatTrack(bool enable)
void mediaDeviceMount()
void mediaDeviceUmount()
void mute()
void next()
void pause()
void play()
void playPause()
void prev()
void queueForTransfer(KURL url)
void seek(int s)
void seekRelative(int s)
void setEqualizer(int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int,int)
void setEqualizerEnabled(bool active)
void setEqualizerPreset(QString name)
void setLyricsByPath(QString url,QString lyrics)
void setBpm(float bpm)
void setBpmByPath(QString url,float bpm)
void setScore(int score)
void setScoreByPath(QString url,int score)
void setRating(int rating)
void setRatingByPath(QString url,int rating)
void setVolume(int volume)
void setVolumeRelative(int ticks)
void showBrowser(QString browser)
void showOSD()
void stop()
void transferDeviceFiles()
void volumeDown()
void volumeUp()
void transferCliArgs(QStringList args)
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<H3>Quod Libet </H3>
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--help"</FONT> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><PRE> quodlibet --previous # Skip backwards in playlist
quodlibet --play # Start playing current playlist
quodlibet --play-pause # Play if stopped, pause if playing
quodlibet --pause # Pause playback
quodlibet --next # Skip forwards in playlis
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<H3>MPD/MPC </H3>
<P>If you use MPD your client may already support some keysyms. For instance
gmpc correctly recognises XF86AudioNext, XF86AudioPrev, XF86AudioStop, and
XF86AudioPlay. </P>
<P>If you do not use gmpc, or do not want to leave gmpc running then you may
want to bind these keys to short cuts to the command line MPD client, mpc. first
you must install mpc by executing: </P><PRE>$ emerge mpc
</PRE>
<P>The mpc command line switches are: </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TR>
<TD><PRE>mpc next # Play the next song in the current playlist
mpc prev # Play the previous song in the current playlist
mpc toggle # Toggles Play/Pause, plays if stopped
mpc stop # Stop the currently playing playlists
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<H3>ALSA </H3>
<P>alsa can be controlled using amixer. The following commands will adjust the
PCM levels of your ALSA soundcard. </P>
<P><BR></P>
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<TD><PRE>amixer sset PCM 2+ # This will increase the PCM hardware volume value by 2
amixer sset PCM 2- # This will decrease the PCM hardware volume value by 2
amixer sset PCM toggle # This will toggle the PCM between muted and unmuted states
</PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<H3>Banshee player </H3>
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--help"</FONT> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><PRE>Usage: banshee [ options ... ]
where options include:
...
--show Show window
--hide Hide window
--next Play next song
--previous Play previous song
--toggle-playing Toggle playing of current song
--play Play current song
--pause Pause current song
--shutdown Shutdown Banshee
...
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