Keyboard Settings in UPupFF+D 20.12 - No Persistence

[MrDuckGuy]

I have a BTC5126 keyboard. When I try to change the setting in the configuration screen, nothing happens. It just stays with the 'pc102 Generic' even after having done it over and over several times. What am I doing wrong?

The BTC5126 is a 104-key board with three "extra" keys (power off, sleep, and wake up).
▶—— Distro Specifications ——◀
Distro: UPupFF+D 20.12
▶—— Computer Identification ——◀
Computer Vendor: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Dimension 4700

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[cobaka]

Hello @MrDuckGuy

Can't help with your specific question but the following may give a clue.
I'm running uPupBB32 on an I3 Gigabyte mother-board.
My keyboard is Microsoft, wired, 600.
This kbd is standard but has 4 additional special-purpose keys. These control the video playback:
(1) Run/Pause (2) Volume decrease (3) Volume increase (4) Mute.
The last three work (on you tube) as expected. #1 does nothing. I figure there is a 'bug' in the config code for the first button.

I suspect a config file exists for all keyboards or for every individual kbd.
I suspect that the keyboard menu depends on a bash script to change the config details in (or for) your PC.
(Think, for example, of SED - the serial string editor.)
Alternately there may be a config file linking the kbd to mPlayer (or whatever).
On my desktop the kbd works with videos from YouTube and other videos (mp4) running mPlayer.

My 'guess': The settings for your kbd are not being written to the kdb config file.
On my PC the kbd config files appear to work. I added Russian fonts to my kbd.
This works and is permanent.

All the best and don't forget to "woof" when the moon is full.

Cobaka

[MrDuckGuy]

... I added Russian fonts to my kbd. ...

I'm running FossaPup64 on another box, and the settings are persistent with the same configuration software (XKB Configuration Manager).

Also, you might find this of interest: You can see the "hotkeys" and also add functions, write short command sequences, and the like, by using the JWM Desk Manager.

The menu screen, at the bottom, shows under the "Setup" heading, the JWM Hotkey manager:

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Here I added a command to switch the keyboard from English to Hebrew, and from Hebrew to English, by pressing the Scroll Lock key:

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exec:setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:sclk_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,il 

or ... the same thing, by pressing both Shift keys simultaneously:

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exec:setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:shifts_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,il

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The sequence illuminates and de-luminates the Scroll Lock indicator LED on the keyboard as well. I don't see why a user would not be able to do something quite similar with the Russian keyboard.