Comment 44 for bug 188702

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Paul Fisher (thetorpedodog) wrote : Re: [Bug 188702] Re: hardy: multimedia keys no longer work

hyperair wrote, On 12/11/08 10:36 AM:
> xev should show something like this in the event of gsd actually
> capturing your keys:
> KeymapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
> keys: 123 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
>
> Otherwise it isn't.

Right. The following is the output from xev:

> KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x5000001,
> root 0x6e, subw 0x0, time 660660, (537,100), root:(549,212),
> state 0x10, keycode 172 (keysym 0x1008ff14, XF86AudioPlay), same_screen YES,
> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 162
> XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> XFilterEvent returns: False
>
> KeyRelease event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x5000001,
> root 0x6e, subw 0x0, time 660732, (537,100), root:(549,212),
> state 0x10, keycode 172 (keysym 0x1008ff14, XF86AudioPlay), same_screen YES,
> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 162
> XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> XFilterEvent returns: False
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