Getting special keys to work

[John Hupp]

Thanks, Andre, for all of those great tips.

I've been looking at the Exec lines in several versions of 
~/.config/autostart/LXRandR-autostart.desktop (created when one clicks 
Save in LXRandR) and thinking about how I could create something that 
would cause Fn-F7 to toggle through the LVDS, VGA and S-Video outputs, 
but your approach -- simply binding to LXRandR -- is a MUCH better idea!

And if I wanted to add the ability to extend the desktop instead of 
mirroring it, I could install arandr and just bind to that instead.

On 4/29/2014 3:18 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
> I tested here, and it works: 
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/181390/what-is-the-command-for-sleep-hibernate
>
> |*pm-suspend* and**||*pm-hibernate*|
>
>
> 2014-04-29 16:13 GMT-03:00 Andre Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com 
> <mailto:andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>>:
>
>     On lubuntu-rc.xml I do:
>
>     <keybind key="XF86Display">
>           <action name="Execute">
>             <command>lxrandr</command>
>           </action>
>         </keybind>
>
>     *lxrandr* deals with additional monitors, you just enable them an
>     apply.
>
>     I'm not sure what commands you can execute to sleep and hibernate,
>     but you can control radio with *rfkill*. I'm not sure if those
>     commands really require root access, but on that case you can do
>     a: *gksu command*
>     *
>     *
>     Hope that helps! To test the shortcuts without restarting all the
>     system you can restart only openbox: *openbox --restart*
>
>
>     2014-04-28 22:03 GMT-03:00 Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com
>     <mailto:israeldahl at gmail.com>>:
>
>         On 04/28/2014 07:48 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>         > I was trying to watch Netflix on a laptop (with Lubuntu)
>         connected to
>         > a TV by S-Video connection.  I found out that Fn-F7 was not
>         working to
>         > select the external VGA or S-Video displays.
>         >
>         > Subsequently I found that Fn-F4 does not put the laptop to
>         sleep, and
>         > Fn-F5 does not toggle the WiFi radio on/off.  (The other common
>         > special keys work OK.)
>         >
>         > So I'm trying to get those keys working that way via entries in
>         > lubuntu-rc.xml.
>         >
>         > With 'xev -event keyboard' I found out that Fn-F7 produces
>         the keysym
>         > 'XF86Display' but I still need to know what command to bind
>         that to.
>         > So that's my first question.
>         >
>         > Fn-F4 and Fn-F5 does not produce any keysym's, so I'm
>         currently at a
>         > loss for how to proceed next with those.
>         >
>         >
>         Hi,
>
>         you can use arandr to make a shell script to switch the
>         display to a
>         certain mode.  Plug in the monitor and use arandr to make a
>         setup you
>         want, and save that.  Then open your config file for openbox
>         and set
>         the keyboard shortcut for your display key (i.e. XF86Display)
>         to execute the
>         <command>
>         /bin/bash /path/to/scriptname.sh
>         </command>
>         while scriptname.sh is whatever you saved the setup as with
>         the correct
>         path.
>
>         arandr is a front-end for xrandr.  So the script is actually using
>         xrandr to modify your display settings.
>
>         I hope this helps.
>
>         --
>         Regards
>
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