www.nico.schottelius.org/blog/volume-keys-on-lenovo-x200-x201-xbindkeys.mdwn
Nico Schottelius 93c503f264 add article about the volume keys
Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@ikn.schottelius.org>
2010-04-23 20:12:51 +02:00

46 lines
1.1 KiB
Markdown

[[!meta title="How to use the volume keys on the Lenovo X200 and X201"]]
If you want to make use of the volume up/down buttons on your
X201, you can simply install
[xbindkeys](http://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html) and
add the following to your **~/.xbindkeysrc**:
#VolDown
"amixer -q set Master 5%-"
m:0x0 + c:122
NoSymbol
#VolUp
"amixer -q set Master 5%+"
m:0x0 + c:123
NoSymbol
Beware: The keycodes are different on the X200 and the X201! For the
X200, use the following configuration:
#VolDown
"amixer -q set Master 5%-"
m:0x0 + c:174
NoSymbol
#VolUp
"amixer -q set Master 5%+"
m:0x0 + c:176
NoSymbol
For testing, you can launch
xbindkeys --verbose -n
Afterwards, you can include **xbindkeys** into your **.xinitrc** without any parameters,
as it automatically forks into the background:
xbindkeys
The **volume mute** button also generates an event on the X201
(none on the X200), but it seems like muting is done in hardware,
so no need for a mapping.
Have fun!
[[!tag unix]]