Re: Problem with multimedia keys with a remote.

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:45:08 +0200
Demelier David <markand%malikania.org@localhost> wrote:

> Hi netbsd-users@
> 
> I just bought a new brand remote, it works like a keyboard/mouse and
> the remote sends code like keys `f, b Return, Space' and others.
> There is also multimedia keys which normally are recognized as
> NoSymbol with a number code like `160, 144, 153'. I tested this
> remote with Linux on my laptop and xev did recognize these multimedia
> keys but NetBSD doesn't. It seems it doesn't receive anything at all,
> xev is quit when playing with these multimedias keys.
> 
> This is the attachment of the device:
> 
> uhidev0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
> uhidev0: vendor 0x05a4 product 0x9881, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2, iclass
> 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0
> wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
> wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
> uhidev1 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1
> uhidev1: vendor 0x05a4 product 0x9881, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2, iclass
> 3/0 uhidev1: 3 report ids
> ums0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: 5 buttons and Z dir.
> wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
> uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=3, output=0, feature=0
> uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=1, output=0, feature=0
> 
> Now, I wanted to know if we can do anything to solve this trouble ?
> 
If it's showing up as (partly) uhidev, you might need usbhidaction(1) to
recognize the keystrokes.  Here's an (old) .hidconf file I used to use,
when I had a keyboard with such buttons:

Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:Volume_Up                       1
   mixerctl -n -w outputs.master++
Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:Volume_Down                     1
   mixerctl -n -w outputs.master--
Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:Mute                            1
   /home/smb/bin/domute
Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AC_Home                         1
   rfirefox about:blank &
Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AC_Search                       1
   rfirefox http://www.google.com &
Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AL_Calculator                   1
   xterm -e bc &
Consumer:Consumer_Control.Consumer:AL_Email_Reader                 1
   composemail



                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb