Comment 10 for bug 90687

About the arcade, euro and dollar keys:

You have to edit the file /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-acer.fdi to get them working. I must admit I mapped euro and dollar to page up and down as it makes more sense for me but there should be a way to get euro and dollar instead when needed. Here is what I have added to and changed in the above file:

<append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">e012:f24</append> <!-- Media key -->
<append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">e033:pageup</append> <!-- Euro symbol -->
<append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">e034:pagedown</append> <!-- Dollar symbol -->

This way I can use the arcade key to start Rhythmbox and use the e-Key for something different...

About the media keys:

I did not map them to a function or command using the keyboard settings but instead created a file ~/.xbindkeysrc containing:

"rhythmbox-client --play-pause"
   b:17

"rhythmbox-client --pause"
   b:18

"rhythmbox-client --previous"
   b:19

"rhythmbox-client --next"
   b:20

Then I added a new entry in Gnome sessions which just contains the command 'xbindkeys' to get the file loaded on start up. Please take a look at this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=517156 there is also an example for Amarok at point 15.

Bye, Percy