[gentoo-user] rerouting buttons in X

[gentoo-user] rerouting buttons in X

[Andrey Vul]

My laptop (ASUS M50VM-B2) has no dedicated Home, End, PageUp, and
PageDown buttons.
Is there a way to force it if numlock is disabled then map the keys
from numpad 7,1,9,3 to Home,End,PageUp,PageDown?

Basically, how do I reroute the numpad?

In kernel mode (virtual console), the buttons work normally.

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Re: [gentoo-user] rerouting buttons in X

[Andrey Falko]

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On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@gmail.com> wrote:

> My laptop (ASUS M50VM-B2) has no dedicated Home, End, PageUp, and
> PageDown buttons.
> Is there a way to force it if numlock is disabled then map the keys
> from numpad 7,1,9,3 to Home,End,PageUp,PageDown?
>
> Basically, how do I reroute the numpad?
>
>
I'm not sure, but as far as I know, you want to dig around here:
/usr/share/X11/xkb. There are tools that let you make mods to your layout,
like xmodmap.

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Re: [gentoo-user] rerouting buttons in X

[Andrey Vul]

Andrey Vul

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?




On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 16:24, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My laptop (ASUS M50VM-B2) has no dedicated Home, End, PageUp, and
>> PageDown buttons.
>> Is there a way to force it if numlock is disabled then map the keys
>> from numpad 7,1,9,3 to Home,End,PageUp,PageDown?
>>
>> Basically, how do I reroute the numpad?
>>
>
> I'm not sure, but as far as I know, you want to dig around here:
> /usr/share/X11/xkb. There are tools that let you make mods to your layout,
> like xmodmap.
>

Yeah, I forgot about xmodmap :|
Digging around the manpages helped.
Now I have a .Xmodmap with the following:

keysym KP_Prior = Prior
keysym KP_Next = Next
keysym KP_Insert = Insert
keysym KP_Delete = Delete
keysym KP_Home = Home
keysym KP_End = End
keysym KP_Up = Up
keysym KP_Down = Down
keysym KP_Left = Left
keysym KP_Right = Right
keysym KP_Begin = Begin

Problem solved!