Merc Zboard “Driver†Version 0.2.0
Small update to my “driver†for the MERC Zboard on Linux. Updated due to some changes requested by “Craig”.
READ THE README – and anything the shell scripts say.
Changelog:
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Zboard Config Changelog
Copyright (C) 2007 Matt Razza
==============================================Version 0.1.1 – Version 0.2.0
Added:
-Added support for -f
-Added a new settings file (zboard-sys.conf)
-Added support for “loadkeys” and not xmodmapChanged:
-Verbose error reporting off by defaultFixed:
Removed:
Download Source (tar.bz2) MD5: 39cde7a58e40847abf1c8cb6b159dd7b
Gentoo ebuild (provided by Ken (changed file name – which should make it use 0.2.0)).
February 24th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
[...] NEW VERSION FOUND – HERE [...]
July 16th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Hi!
Im probe the xmodmap and this driver but i cant doit to run the red key W in gamepad. Any idea? In keycode appear as 130.
September 16th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
i installed the driver for my zboard. but it did work right. i ran –checkZboard to see if my would work. It told me “Your Zboard is not compatible with the default configurations.
However, this program may still be of use.”
i also ran –forceError and go this
vr: 0:2:0
argc: –forceError
argp: 1
argid: -1
oxp: cc
Can i use this program or not, if so how?
October 6th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Hi viodream,
It maybe a bit late to post this but, If you run xev in the shell a small window will open. keystokes and mouse movements will be shown the the shell. My W key was diifferent also so I changed it in the .Xmodmap File
July 14th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Hi Mr. Pig, After a lot of searching many links keep leading me back here. I am having a problem while trying to setup your zboard-config. If I run “compile.sh” nothing happens, even if I run it as root with ctrl+F2. I am using Ubuntu 9.04.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, this keyboard is the only thing stopping me from migrating to linux
July 14th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Ok I found out why i was unable to install it, I was lacking a g++ compiler. My Zboard is sadly not supported, any idea as to how i could use this program still?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
ok sorry, now a multiple post. i have managed to bind most of my basic keys except for my red E (strafe right) and my Score Tab which seem to open “search for files” and Calculator. how do I go about remapping those? sorry, I am really new to linux
July 14th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I’ve sent you an email at the email your provided.
Best of luck.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:52 am
Hi.
Your app is good. I just created a keymap for my «non compatible» Zboard Merc.
It looks like this. It is not for qwerty but it needs just a few changes. To get the last keycodes I needed to change my shortcuts bindings in gnome. (search shortcut in the menu in ubuntu-based distos)
In the shortcut manager you need to disable the shortcut for calculator, mail and finder. Remap with another key, explorer for example.
! red area (movement)
keycode 181 = a
keycode 180 = z
keycode 225 = e
keycode 166 = q
keycode 136 = s
keycode 167 = d
! 1 to 11
keycode 87 = 1
keycode 88 = 2
keycode 89 = 3
keycode 83 = 4
keycode 84 = 5
keycode 85 = 6
keycode 79 = 7
keycode 80 = 8
keycode 81 = 9
keycode 90 = 0
keycode 86 = minus
! save, load, printscreen
keycode 137 = o
keycode 138= p
keycode 107 = l
! left area (score, voice)
keycode 140 = caps_lock
keycode 148 = tab
keycode 106 = alt_l
keycode 163 = shift_l
keycode 91 = control_l
! right area (reload, use)
keycode 164 = r
keycode 125 = f
keycode 194 = t
keycode 195 = g
keycode 196 = v
keycode 197 = b
keycode 142 = p
keycode 198 = c
keycode 63 = space
! [end] gamepad of keyboard (left)
If you would add it as an additional map you can.
February 19th, 2010 at 2:24 am
So, I may be a little late to the party, but I just recently got a Steelseries Merc and can’t get any custom config file to work with it fully.
http://www.steelseries.com/int/products/keyboards/merc/information
I really want to use this under Ubuntu/Fedora if possible.