Hello all!
I just upgraded to 17.1, however I encountered a very small problem using Cinnamon
I cannot set buttons F6 or F8 as custom keyboard shortcuts. I was able to set basically every other F-button, except those 2!
I'm assuming Cinnamon is accepting the input of those 2 as something
Please let me know if there is a fix to this, otherwise I will have to use an xmodmap workaround
(Cinnamon 17.1) Cannot set F6+F8 as keyboard shortcuts
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(Cinnamon 17.1) Cannot set F6+F8 as keyboard shortcuts
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Re: (Cinnamon 17.1) Cannot set F6+F8 as keyboard shortcuts
In Linux Mint Cinnamon 17, I was able to set F6 as keyboard shortcut.
The same with F8.
I also found that the upgrade to 17.1 does not allow setting those keys as keyboard shortcuts.
Does anyone have a fix for this?
The same with F8.
I also found that the upgrade to 17.1 does not allow setting those keys as keyboard shortcuts.
Does anyone have a fix for this?
Re: (Cinnamon 17.1) Cannot set F6+F8 as keyboard shortcuts
Hey there yerc,
I have suffered from the same problem, but I made a workaround
Using xmodmap (you have it installed already), I made f6 and f8 change into different buttons:
Since we probably have different keyboards, your keycodes may be different (72 and 74)
Go to a terminal, and type "xev" (you have it installed already too)
And then simply press F6 and F8, (look for the keycodes for each button) it should be on the 3rd to last line.
Then just switch the keycodes with mine.
Then you can use your F6 and F8 for keyboard shortcuts like you were able to before.
You are going to have to run
every time for it to work, let me know if you need help with having it run everytime you boot
Feel free to let me know if you still need help
I have suffered from the same problem, but I made a workaround
Using xmodmap (you have it installed already), I made f6 and f8 change into different buttons:
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xmodmap -e "keycode 72 = XF86Launch6 NoSymbol XF86Launch6"
xmodmap -e "keycode 74 = XF86Launch8 NoSymbol XF86Launch8"
Go to a terminal, and type "xev" (you have it installed already too)
And then simply press F6 and F8, (look for the keycodes for each button) it should be on the 3rd to last line.
Then just switch the keycodes with mine.
Then you can use your F6 and F8 for keyboard shortcuts like you were able to before.
You are going to have to run
Code: Select all
xmodmap -e "keycode 72 = XF86Launch6 NoSymbol XF86Launch6"
xmodmap -e "keycode 74 = XF86Launch8 NoSymbol XF86Launch8"
Feel free to let me know if you still need help
Re: (Cinnamon 17.1) Cannot set F6+F8 as keyboard shortcuts
Worked for me ericramos1990.ericramos1990 wrote:Hey there yerc,
You are going to have to runevery time for it to work, let me know if you need help with having it run everytime you bootCode: Select all
xmodmap -e "keycode 72 = XF86Launch6 NoSymbol XF86Launch6" xmodmap -e "keycode 74 = XF86Launch8 NoSymbol XF86Launch8"
Feel free to let me know if you still need help
So how do you run it at boot time?
Edit 17 Dec 2014: I added the commands to Startup Applications and restarted. Voila all good.
Thanks eric
Re: (Cinnamon 17.1) Cannot set F6+F8 as keyboard shortcuts
No problem yerc, sorry about taking so long to reply.
I was actually going to suggest a more advanced version using the "cron" command, but that works nicely too
Let me know if you ever want to learn cron!
Have fun man!
I was actually going to suggest a more advanced version using the "cron" command, but that works nicely too
Let me know if you ever want to learn cron!
Have fun man!