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My laptop's keyboard has keys that don't do anything when I press them. How would I enable the keys, and add functionality to them?

For example, the mute key doesn't do anything at the moment.

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You can use xmodmap. Its how I get my Zboard keys to work. For actual keys not media keys.

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You may find xev helpful to find the key numbers. – djeikyb Feb 23 '11 at 6:03

There's a keyboard shortcuts editor in System->Preferences.

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