ESE Key Daemon - multimedia keyboard driver for Linux
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine.
Compile kernel with event interface input support. Generic kernels should have this enabled by default.
If evdev was compiled as a module (probably the best choice) load the module
with
sudo modprobe evdev
You may want to keep the default permissions for keyboard event devices. If you need to change anything, remember to set access correctly to prevent users from installing key loggers.
Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/burghardt/esekeyd.git
Compile program using the following commands
sh bootstrap
./configure
make
Optionally install program
sudo make install
There are three commands available: keytest, learnkeys and esekeyd.
Use keytest to test if additional "multimedia" keys of your keyboard are
recognized. If so, create a skeleton configuration file
learnkeys ~/.config_file_name.conf
Edit this file to assign a command to each key that will be executed when the key is pressed.
Finally, run the key daemon and check that the commands for each key are executed.
esekeyd ~/.config_file_name.conf
You don't have to run it as root if you set the permissions correctly,
if you need to do root things (like init 5) use sudo.
My config file is included in examples directory for reference.
This program was inspired by discussions about Funkey and 2.6 Linux kernels. I just read what Vojtech Pavlik thought about the Funkey patch and implemented what he has suggested.