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xserver-xorg-input-evdev package

  1. Bug #30562
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 30562

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EliotBlennerhassett (eliot-blennerhassett) wrote :

I have an Acer aspire 4315 running Ubuntu 10.04.
By default showkeys -s doesn't report anything when the euro or dollar keys are pressed. As above, the default scancodes are >255. Using "evtest", I find that the scancodes are "b3" and "b4"

I have made these usable by
1) Adding to /etc/rc.local (and making sure it is excutable):
setkeycodes b3 183
setkeycodes b4 184

2) Creating ~/.Xmodmap with
keycode 183 = XF86Launch2
keycode 184 = XF86Launch3

Reboot. (Or sudo /etc/rc.local; sudo xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap)

Probably could map them to other directly usable things like euro symbol, home end etc as well

3) Myself, I now use these keys in System/Preferences/Keyboard Shortcuts, mapped to certain special functions.