https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:11:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1122/how-to-react-to-udev-keymap-keys-without-gnome-settings-daemon/My laptop has a keymap /usr/lib64/udev/keymaps/samsung-90x3a: 0x96 kbdillumup # Fn+F8 keyboard backlit up 0x97 kbdillumdown # Fn+F7 keyboard backlit down 0xD5 wlan # Fn+F12 wifi on/off 0xCE prog1 # Fn+F1 performance mode 0x8D prog2 # Fn+F6 battery life extender And it works: leho@s9 ~ $ [git:master+?] sudo input-events 4 /dev/input/event4 bustype : BUS_I8042 vendor : 0x1 product : 0x1 version : 43841 name : "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" phys : "isa0060/serio0/input0" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_MSC EV_LED EV_REP waiting for events 00:07:32.631989: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN 28 00:07:32.631995: EV_KEY KEY_ENTER released 00:07:32.631997: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 00:07:38.247388: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN 151 00:07:38.247394: EV_KEY KEY_KBDILLUMDOWN pressed 00:07:38.247396: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 00:07:38.247416: EV_KEY KEY_KBDILLUMDOWN released 00:07:38.247417: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 But what tools do I use with i3 to assign these keypresses to some script actions? gnome-settings-daemon takes care of it for Gnome, but I prefer not to run it inside i3.Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:22:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1122/how-to-react-to-udev-keymap-keys-without-gnome-settings-daemon/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1122/how-to-react-to-udev-keymap-keys-without-gnome-settings-daemon/?answer=1123#post-id-1123Get the keycodes with `xev` and then `.i3/config` bindcode 237 exec xbacklight -inc 10 and so on. Magic! Thank you for your attention :)Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:11:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1122/how-to-react-to-udev-keymap-keys-without-gnome-settings-daemon/?answer=1123#post-id-1123