Re: Volume control buttons

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 16 May 2008, Michael Lorenz wrote:

> >         I'd prefer the default to be left with PMF events and require a
> >         command to request keycodes to be delivered, so the majority of
> >         users who do not customise their X config still get working
> >         volume keys.
>
> Yeah, people who remap keycodes in X can also put some sysctl -w whatever 
> into .xinitrc ;)

        In an ideal world it would be nice for the volume buttons to
        work when the user logs out (or switches virtual console away from
        X), which is why I suggested some sort of pmf listener which could
        run during the X session and intercept the events.

        However thats very much a "wouldn't it be nice if it also did...",
        just having the buttons work out of the box is the massive win
        here :)

        I'll try not to mention the various volume keys I've seen on
        generic USB keyboards :)

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