extra keyboard keys on the console?

[Gherald]

I know how to use xev and xmodmap to map those extra, non-standard keyboard keys under X.

Is there a way to do this for VTs, too?

For instance, I want to do something like map the xev keycodes 233 and 234 to function keys F19 and F20.

[moocha]

Yes. Refer to the man pages for loadkeys and dumpkeys, and check the /etc/init.d/keymaps script for an example on how to use them.
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[Gherald]

Thanks. Is there an analog to xev ? The 233 and 234 codes don't seem to work with loadkeys... I'm getting nothing after doing

[moocha]

Perhaps they're not the same keycodes - run showkey to check. Note that once it runs you can't quit it since it hijacks the keyboard - wait 10 seconds without any keypress and it will quit by itself.
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[Gentree]

you're a gold mine mooch'
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[moocha]

Aw, shucks... *shuffles to the closest corner to blush, simultaneously trying to beat down the inflating ego*
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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[Gherald]