{"id":5235,"date":"2025-08-24T17:44:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/?p=5235"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:07:07","slug":"logitech-mx-keys-s-tastatur-das-screenshoten-unter-linux-mint-beibringen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/en\/logitech-mx-keys-s-tastatur-das-screenshoten-unter-linux-mint-beibringen.html","title":{"rendered":"Teaching the Logitech MX KEYS S keyboard to take screenshots in Linux Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"tinytoc tiny_toc\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#h0\">Check whether the key is recognized by the system<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#h1\">Create keyboard shortcuts in Cinnamon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#h2\">Expand<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n\n\r\n<body><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/de-de\/products\/keyboards\/mx-keys-s-wireless-keyboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Logitec MX KEYS<\/a> Bluetooth keyboard also works without any problems under Linux (Mint 22). However, many special keys do not work, including the PRINT (screenshot) key above the numeric keypad. Under Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon, the print key only displays the volume settings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/mx-key-s_zifferblock_hoch-pfeil-e1756050277895.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3EMsT1yb\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5237\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/mx-key-s_zifferblock_hoch-pfeil-e1756050277895.jpg\" alt=\"Ziffernblock MX KEY S Tastatur\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\"><\/a>You can work around this with <a href=\"https:\/\/shutter-project.org\/?pubDate=20250821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shutter<\/a>, but it\u2019s not as convenient as just pressing a button. Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pwr-Solaar\/Solaar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solaar<\/a> cannot help here either. Both can be installed from the repositories.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, in Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon, you can use the MX KEY S to take screenshots (snipping tool) without any hacks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h0\">Check whether the key is recognized by the system<\/h2>\n<p>How do I proceed?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open a terminal and type <span class=\"tt_tag\">xev<\/span> and press RETURN.<\/li>\n<li>A small white window opens.<\/li>\n<li>Press the Snipping Tool button.<\/li>\n<li>A lot of text appears in the terminal. Look out for lines such as:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre>KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001,\r\n\r\nroot 0x2a3, subw 0x0, time 1234567, (75,45), root:(500,300),\r\n\r\nstate 0x0, keycode 191 (keysym 0x1008ff41, XF86Launch5), same_screen YES,\r\n\r\nXLookupString gives 0 bytes:\r\n\r\nXmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:\r\n\r\nXFilterEvent returns: False<\/pre>\n<p>Important are:<\/p>\n<pre>keycode (z. B. 191)\r\n\r\nkeysym (z. B. XF86Launch5)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>If no output appears<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you installed Solaar? If nothing appears in the terminal when you press the key, then Solaar is intercepting it. Either uninstall Solaar or set the appropriate entry from 1 to 0 (probably 0x10a) in your <span class=\"tt_tag\">~\/.config\/solaar\/config.yaml<\/span> under <span class=\"tt_tag\">divert-keys<\/span>. Example:<\/p>\n<pre>divert-keys: { ..., 0x10a: 0x0, ... }<\/pre>\n<p>Afterwards: Restart Solaar (<span class=\"tt_tag\">killall solaar &amp;&amp; solaar -w<\/span>) or briefly switch the keyboard off and on again.<\/p>\n<p>Then test again with <span class=\"tt_tag\">xev<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2 draggable=\"false\" data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\" id=\"h1\">Create keyboard shortcuts in Cinnamon<\/h2>\n<div draggable=\"false\">As soon as <span class=\"tt_tag\">xev<\/span> recognizes the key:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li draggable=\"false\">SYSTEMPROPERTIERS &gt; KEYBOARD &gt; Tab: KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-en-01en.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3EMsT1yb\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5251\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-en-01en-480x280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"280\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li draggable=\"false\">Left in the CATEGORIES Panel click CUSTOM SHORTCUTS<\/li>\n<li draggable=\"false\">Click the button ADD CUSTOM SHORTCUT on the buttom<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-en-02en.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3EMsT1yb\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-en-02en-e1756051028475.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"148\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li draggable=\"false\">Name:<span class=\"tt_tag\"> Screenshot \u2013 interactive <\/span>(but it is arbitrary)<\/li>\n<li draggable=\"false\">Command:<span class=\"tt_tag\"> gnome-screenshot -i<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li draggable=\"false\">At KEYBOARD SHORTCUTSclick on the entry you made. After click at KEYBOARD BINDINGS on UNASSIGNED two times, that it becomes PICK AN ACCELERATOR<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-en-03en.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3EMsT1yb\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5253\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-en-03en-480x280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"280\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li draggable=\"false\">Press the Snipping-Tool-Button on the keyboard.<\/li>\n<li draggable=\"false\">Done.<\/li>\n<li draggable=\"false\">Press the snipping-tool key<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot06-e1756049441202.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3EMsT1yb\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5250\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot06-e1756049441202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"342\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"h2\">Expand<\/h2>\n<p>You can also create direct shortcuts for screenshots of an area (<span class=\"tt_tag\">gnome-screenshot -a<\/span>) or a window (<span class=\"tt_tag\">gnome-screenshot -w<\/span>) by pressing CTRL or ALT at the same time as the Snipping-Tool key.<\/p>\n<p>But <strong>ATTENTION<\/strong>: This does not work with SHIFT, as it is internally mapped to the Snipping-Tool key.<\/p><\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff shariff-align-flex-start shariff-widget-align-flex-start\" data-services=\"facebook\" data-url=\"https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hani-ibrahim.de%2Fen%2Flogitech-mx-keys-s-tastatur-das-screenshoten-unter-linux-mint-beibringen.html\" data-timestamp=\"1756152427\" data-backendurl=\"https:\/\/blog.hani-ibrahim.de\/en\/wp-json\/shariff\/v1\/share_counts?\"><ul class=\"shariff-buttons theme-round orientation-horizontal buttonsize-small\"><li class=\"shariff-button facebook shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#4273c8;border-radius:50%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hani-ibrahim.de%2Fen%2Flogitech-mx-keys-s-tastatur-das-screenshoten-unter-linux-mint-beibringen.html\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\";border-radius:50%; 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