08-08-2015, 09:28 AM
After a little searching I have found that there is "a hotkeys daemon for your Internet/multimedia keyboard in X" that can be found in: Menu>System>Install/Remove Software. just search for "keyboard backlight" and select "hotkeys". The discription is as follows:
This program sits at the back and listens for the "special" hotkeys
that you won't normally use on your Internet/Multimedia keyboards.
The buttons perform their intended behaviors, such as volume up and
down, mute the speaker, control the backlight, launch applications, etc.
It has On-screen display (OSD) to show the volume, program that's being
started, etc.
It features an XML-based keycode configuration file format, which
makes it possible to define the hotkeys to launch any programs you
want.
Hope that helps.
This program sits at the back and listens for the "special" hotkeys
that you won't normally use on your Internet/Multimedia keyboards.
The buttons perform their intended behaviors, such as volume up and
down, mute the speaker, control the backlight, launch applications, etc.
It has On-screen display (OSD) to show the volume, program that's being
started, etc.
It features an XML-based keycode configuration file format, which
makes it possible to define the hotkeys to launch any programs you
want.
Hope that helps.

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