Linux/X11 support for HP SK-2960 keyboard

To get your HP SK-2960 multimedia keyboard to run with linux and X11 add the following lines to a startup file like /etc/init.d/local:

#!/bin/sh
setkeycodes e014 138 # Club+hp
setkeycodes e023 162 # WWW
setkeycodes e026 167 # (?)
setkeycodes e018 152 # ^1
setkeycodes e003 131 # ^2
setkeycodes e006 134 # record

Then add the following lines to your ~/.Xmodmap:

! hp sk-2960 keyboard
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume

keycode 146 = XF86Launch1
keycode 135 = XF86Launch2
keycode 191 = XF86AudioRecord
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop

keycode 223 = XF86Sleep
keycode 245 = XF86VendorHome
keycode 253 = XF86WWW
keycode 236 = XF86Mail
keycode 229 = XF86Search
keycode 177 = XF86Q

Links

Gentoo wiki HOWTO Use Multimedia Keys.

patches

A patch for the Audacious media player 1.3.2 to use the volume keys.