Auriga Internet Multimedia Keyboard Driver


Here are the registry entries required to make the Auriga Internet keyboard work correctly with Windows 2000 and XP. No driver is required! It is not strictly a driver just an update to the registry to enable the keys to do what they were intended for.  Before I applied this fix one of the volume keys would start the calculator and not change the volume.

The model number on the back of  my keyboard is: CKBM-001

The XP/2000 Install Procedure

  1. Simply download this .reg file (right click and choose save as). 
  2. Double click on the saved file.
  3. The registry editor will ask if you want to add these settings to the registry.  Click on yes.
  4. It will add the required scan code fixes to the registry.
  5. Disable [I also unistalled] the doggy driver that was supplied with the keyboard.
  6. Reboot and all the "extra" keys should work.

I mapped "close" to "www stop" the rest are the defaults.

I haven't seen the eject or help keys do anything yet, but I mapped it to the codes specified at this page


The Linux / XFree86 Install Procedure

For Linux you need to run the xmodmap command with this file.  Download  save it to the file name $HOME/.xmodmap ($HOME is your home directory).  This file maps the function buttons to virtual F13-F28 keys (from left to right).

  1. I use kde; so I made an application icon called xmodmap in the the $HOME/.kde/Autostart directory which runs the command "xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmap"
  2. When setting up you can just run the previous command manually from a terminal. Do this for the following step to work without having to log in again.
  3. using the kde menu editor (right click on the K menu icon to find it)  Go to the various programs you wish to start with the buttons and set up each by pushing it.
  4. I use the "kmix" applet which also allows you to define the keys for volume up/volume down and mute.
I'm running Redhat 7.3 on the machine that uses this keyboard. So your success with above  procedure will depend on how compatible your version of Linux is.  Things that may need to be changed are the format of the xmodmap file and where kde or your window manager starts programs from.


If you use either of these fixes drop me an email at John.R.Fulton@gmail.com and let me know how you went..

ps. I have no association with Auriga, I just have one of their keyboards!

Keytouch - Fedora 7

Stephen Q. from New Zealand [not his real email address] used the program keytouch under Fedora 7. A copy of  his configuration file is here.