Logitech Media Keyboard Elite
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A keyboard by Logitech
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Specs
interface:USB, with USB->PS/2 converter
Normal QWERTY keyboard with numeric pad, with extra keys (in clockwise direction):
- zoom in
- zoom out
- 100% zoom
- favorites
- home
- play/pause
- stop
- media
- volume +/-
- mute
- forward
- back
- messenger
- calculator
- sleep
There is also a number of special symbols on top of the F1-F12 keys. Switching the F keys between normal mode and special mode is done by a "F mode button", which is persistant like caps log.
Operating system compatibility
Windows
Everything seems to work, though I haven't used the keyboard much in windows
Linux
Tested in Debian unstable (2006-08), with x.org 7.0
It works basically (as an USB keyboard), but there was not support for the extra keys out of the box, see this xorg bug. It turns out that the keyboard is identical to the Logitech Cordless Desktop LX-300, which is supported by xorg, so you can just ignore the settings below and choose that model instead.
I had to add the following to /etc/X11/xmodmap (finding keyboard codes):
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute keycode 161 = XF86Calculator keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext keycode 223 = XF86Sleep keycode 230 = XF86Favorites keycode 236 = XF86Mail keycode 199 = XF86Messenger keycode 129 = XF86Music keycode 130 = XF86HomePage
There were a few of the keys which did not seem to generate any kernel events as seen by xev, including the zoom buttons. They work in Windows, so this may be a Linux problem. Enough of the special keys work to make them useful, however.
When I reinstalled with a new X.org version I also had to manually load the xmodmap, by adding the line
xmodmap /etc/X11/Xmodmap
to the top of /etc/X11/Xsession
