[SOLVED] no luck with setkeycodes

sashko · #1 26th October 2012, 05:51 AM

I'm trying to make screen rotation button functional on thinkpad x230t. Need to do

Code:

setkeycodes 0x67 132 0x6c 120

at system startup. Reading around the internets it seems to be very simple, but for some reason I cant make it work.

So far have tried

/etc/init/setmycodes.conf

Code:

description "remapping screen rotation buttons on thinkpad x230t"
start on startup
exec /bin/setkeycodes 0x67 132 0x6c 120

have tried
/etc/rc.local

Code:

#!/bin/sh 
# 
# /etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script. 
# remapping screen rotation buttons on thinkpad x230t 
# 
touch /var/lock/subsys/local 
 
setkeycodes  0x67 132 0x6c 120 
exit 0

and oldschool way of placing my script in /etc/init.d/setmycodes.sh, symlinking it to /etc/rc5.d/S91setmycodes.sh

Unfortunately nothing works. At the end of a day the button has no keycode and I am reading /var/log/messages to find

Code:

Oct 26 00:36:29 localhost kernel: [52975.153112] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x6c on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 26 00:36:29 localhost kernel: [52975.153119] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes 6c <keycode>' to make it known.

The worst thing is that

Code:

 sudo setkeycodes 0x67 132 0x6c 120

works perfectly. What am I missing?

sashko · #2 30th October 2012, 08:51 PM

thanks everybody for your help and valuable suggestions. The problem has been solved by creating a new systemd unit
/etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/setmykeys.service

Code:

[Unit]
Description=Set my keycodes for screen rotation
After=systemd-user-sessions.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=True
ExecStart=/bin/setkeycodes  67 132 6c 120

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical.target

the solution has been found after reading
http://forum.russianfedora.ru/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4352
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_t...stemd_problems