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Extra keys on Belkin MediaPilot (linux)

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Here are the keycodes that I was able to uncover using showkey -k.

Unfortunately, the kernel logs don't complain when I hit the unknown keys so there's probably no point in setting up the extra scancodes (particularly since this Belkin MediaPilot keyboard is not the primary keyboard in the system, and the setkeycodes documentation suggests that it only works on the primary keyboard). I've tried to use useful codes out of linux/input.h, and can confirm that these actually feed through to MythTV, so that they can be used as JumpPoints, or whatever.

Into ~/.Xmodmap put (note that '!' is the comment character) :

keycode 189 = F1
keycode 142 = F2
keycode 242 = F3
keycode 214 = F4
keycode 181 = F5
keycode 139 = F6
keycode 190 = F7
! keycode ??? = F8
keycode 240 = F9
keycode 241 = F10
keycode 239 = F11
! keycode ??? = F12

! keycode ??? = BelkinPower
! keycode ??? = XF86PowerDown

! keycode 180 = BelkinTuner
keycode 180 = XF86Launch0

! keycode 163 = BelkinCD
keycode 163 = XF86Launch1

! keycode ??? = BelkinVCR
! keycode ??? = XF86Launch2

! keycode 243 = BelkinAux
keycode 243 = XF86Launch3

! keycode 152 = BelkinTV
keycode 152 = XF86Launch4

! keycode ??? = BelkinDVD
! keycode ??? = XF86Launch5

! keycode 148 = BelkinVid1
keycode 148 = XF86Launch6

! keycode 218 = BelkinVid2
keycode 218 = XF86Launch7

! keycode 179 = BelkinMenu
keycode 179 = XF86MenuKB

! keycode 173 = BelkinBack
keycode 173 = XF86Back

! keycode 171 = BelkinFwd
keycode 171 = XF86Forward

! keycode 123 = BelkinVolUp
keycode 123 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume

! keycode 122 = BelkinVolDown
keycode 122 = XF86AudioLowerVolume

! keycode 121 = BelkinMute
keycode 121 = XF86AudioMute

! keycode ??? = BelkinRecord

! keycode 174 = BelkinStop
keycode 174 = XF86Stop

! keycode 172 = BelkinPlay
keycode 172 = XF86Start

And in my ~/.xinitrc I've got :

xsetroot -solid \#400040 -cursor_name top_left_arrow
xmodmap /home/myth/.Xmodmap
mythfrontend &> /home/myth/myth.frontend.log
setterm -reset
echo;echo;echo

Just for completeness, I've appended the following code to my ~/.bash_profile - this detects whether it's running as the console on my second keyboard, and launches appropriately :

if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]
then
       if [ `tty` == "/dev/tty1" ]
       then
               setterm -blank 0 -powersave off -powerdown 0 -cursor off

               export DISPLAY=:1.0
# The following starts :
#  Xmyth according to the settings in .xserverrc
#  mythfrontend according to the settings in .xinitrc
               xinit -- :1 &
       else
               echo "Remote Terminal"
       fi
else
       echo "X is running"
fi

and .xserverrc contains :

#! /bin/bash
killall Xmyth > /dev/null
exec Xmyth -novtswitch -sharevts -isolateDevice PCI:1:5:0 -nolisten tcp -layout MythTV :1 &> /home/myth/myth.x.log
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