Keyboard shortcuts

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Thu May 19 19:46:14 UTC 2005


> If it is an external keyboard, it should generate extra key generates that
> aren't normally mapped.  At a low-level, you can check for these with the
> utility 'xev'.  If you can post some extra technical details about the
> keyboard, we may be able to make it work out-of-the-box with Ubuntu/GNOME.

My keyboard is COMPAQ 9009. I run xev but did not quite understand it.

> 
> (Once you know what the keycodes you can map them with 'xmodmap' and then
> assign them to tasks with the GNOME control panel.
> 

I am a linux beginner and really did not understand what it was doing.
It would help me if you suggest me a step by step guide.

Kailash




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