[solved] smaller bind alternative??

[mb]

When i went to install the bind command i noticed it was 9MB even without any of the dependencies... almost the same as the whole microcore base. All i want from bind is to be able to run a command when i press one of the F-keys. Is there any less bloated alternative?

[gerald_clark]

Bind.tcz is the Berkley Internet Name Domain.
This has nothing to do with key binding.

Perhaps you want keyutils.

[curaga]

Keyutils appears to be about encryption? actkbd should still listen to keys

[mb]

actkbd requires module 'evdev' which is not included.

[also it refers to 'actkbd.sample' in the info, which should be 'actkbd.conf.sample']

[curaga]

Just tested, actkbd works fine on 4.1. We even have a function to give you the keyboard device, ie

. /etc/init.d/tc-functions
sudo actkbd -D -d `getKeyEventDevice`

[mb]

OK.. (actkbd readme said it required evdev)
Would you mind helping me figure it out..

how would i get to the point where, for example, pressing 'F1' would run 'mpc toggle'??

I created /usr/local/etc/actkbd.conf and tried various mutations of '59:::echo mpc toggle &' and ran 'sudo actkbd -D -d `getKeyEventDevice`' but with no luck. (note: 'getKeyEventDevice' doesn't work as a command for me?)

(scan codes)

[curaga]

We have the evdev module built in.

- did you source the functions file first?
- are you sure it's 59? actkbd has an option to show the key codes.
- when run as a daemon, you won't see the echo. Run without -D when testing.

[mb]

sorry for my noobness.. what do you mean did i source the functions file??.. /etc/init.d/tc-functions was present and i ran '/etc/init.d/tc-functions'.

I'm not certain its 59 (although the link agrees with all those mentioned in conf.sample); but i tried it with '42' (L Shift, listed in the sample) also in case of this and no change.

e: without '-D' i am returned 'failed to read event from getKeyEventDevice: Sucesss'
(evdev wasn't mentioned with an lsmod, which is why i thought it wasn't present.)

[curaga]

There's a dot and a space before /etc/... - this is shorthand for "source /etc/...." which makes those functions available.

To check the keycodes on your keyboard, run "sudo actkbd -s -d $(getKeyEventDevice)" and then press those keys. Control-C quits. The backticks have the same meaning as the $() syntax.

[mb]

Thanks! ..works much better than bind did before.

[mb]

When running with '-D' is there any way out output text at all?

e: also how can i use hardware buttons, like the power button (and others) ??

[gerald_clark]

Please spend some time reading the wiki.

[mb]

I have read a fair bit of the wiki. I guess you were refering to this, which i can't say i expected to be in the wiki.

what about the first part of my post? can you force text output when in daemon mode?

[gerald_clark]

Daemons have no tty, so they cannot do output.
Many daemons can be configured to log to files.
You need to read the documentation for each specific program.