Media key confused with ASCII character
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My new laptop has a set of media keys to control brightness, volume, play/pause, etc.
I've got most of these working in Ubuntu 18.10 (+ i3wm), except for one. On F4 is a "presentation mode" key, which I was hoping to bind to something useful. Strangely, pressing this key just prints the lowercase letter "p".
Indeed, xev returns very similar results for both keys:
The media key returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090837, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090905, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
while p returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207819, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207867, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
Meanwhile, the other media keys return a completely different output format, e.g.:
KeymapNotify event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
xmodmap, of course, gives keycode 33 as
keycode 33 = p P p P thorn THORN thorn
How can I ensure the two keys are recognised as distinct?
Edit: Fn + the media key works as F4, as expected. Shift + the media key does nothing — in particular, it doesn't print a capital "P".
keyboard 18.10 media-buttons
asked Nov 28 at 14:52
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My new laptop has a set of media keys to control brightness, volume, play/pause, etc.
I've got most of these working in Ubuntu 18.10 (+ i3wm), except for one. On F4 is a "presentation mode" key, which I was hoping to bind to something useful. Strangely, pressing this key just prints the lowercase letter "p".
Indeed, xev returns very similar results for both keys:
The media key returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090837, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090905, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
while p returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207819, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207867, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
Meanwhile, the other media keys return a completely different output format, e.g.:
KeymapNotify event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
xmodmap, of course, gives keycode 33 as
keycode 33 = p P p P thorn THORN thorn
How can I ensure the two keys are recognised as distinct?
Edit: Fn + the media key works as F4, as expected. Shift + the media key does nothing — in particular, it doesn't print a capital "P".
keyboard 18.10 media-buttons
asked Nov 28 at 14:52
georgewatson
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This is possibly a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/434403/…, but that's marked as resolved with no actual answer provided.
– georgewatson
Nov 28 at 16:03
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My new laptop has a set of media keys to control brightness, volume, play/pause, etc.
I've got most of these working in Ubuntu 18.10 (+ i3wm), except for one. On F4 is a "presentation mode" key, which I was hoping to bind to something useful. Strangely, pressing this key just prints the lowercase letter "p".
Indeed, xev returns very similar results for both keys:
The media key returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090837, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090905, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
while p returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207819, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207867, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
Meanwhile, the other media keys return a completely different output format, e.g.:
KeymapNotify event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
xmodmap, of course, gives keycode 33 as
keycode 33 = p P p P thorn THORN thorn
How can I ensure the two keys are recognised as distinct?
Edit: Fn + the media key works as F4, as expected. Shift + the media key does nothing — in particular, it doesn't print a capital "P".
keyboard 18.10 media-buttons
asked Nov 28 at 14:52
georgewatson
1013
My new laptop has a set of media keys to control brightness, volume, play/pause, etc.
I've got most of these working in Ubuntu 18.10 (+ i3wm), except for one. On F4 is a "presentation mode" key, which I was hoping to bind to something useful. Strangely, pressing this key just prints the lowercase letter "p".
Indeed, xev returns very similar results for both keys:
The media key returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090837, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42090905, (682,799), root:(1645,825),
state 0x40, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
while p returns
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207819, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 42207867, (-91,844), root:(872,870),
state 0x0, keycode 33 (keysym 0x70, p), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (70) "p"
XFilterEvent returns: False
Meanwhile, the other media keys return a completely different output format, e.g.:
KeymapNotify event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
xmodmap, of course, gives keycode 33 as
keycode 33 = p P p P thorn THORN thorn
How can I ensure the two keys are recognised as distinct?
Edit: Fn + the media key works as F4, as expected. Shift + the media key does nothing — in particular, it doesn't print a capital "P".
keyboard 18.10 media-buttons
keyboard 18.10 media-buttons
asked Nov 28 at 14:52
georgewatson
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asked Nov 28 at 14:52
georgewatson
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edited Nov 29 at 7:37
asked Nov 28 at 14:52
georgewatson
1013
asked Nov 28 at 14:52
georgewatson
1013
asked Nov 28 at 14:52
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This is possibly a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/434403/…, but that's marked as resolved with no actual answer provided.
– georgewatson
Nov 28 at 16:03
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This is possibly a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/434403/…, but that's marked as resolved with no actual answer provided.
– georgewatson
Nov 28 at 16:03
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This is possibly a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/434403/…, but that's marked as resolved with no actual answer provided.
– georgewatson
Nov 28 at 16:03
This is possibly a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/434403/…, but that's marked as resolved with no actual answer provided.
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Nov 28 at 16:03
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