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I recently picked up a Razer Orbweaver which works pretty well with my windows installation through the Razer Synapse software. While I can't switch between profiles in Linux, the corresponding keys that Linux detects to a specific physical key is the same regardless of the profile the keypad is on. Unlike a Blackwidow, from what I can tell all (or most) of the keys work, and there's no need for any joojoo. However the fixed key-map results in a dilemma if I wanted to use it the same way I would in windows

Is there some way I can map specific keys on the keypad (for example W for Ctrl-C), so that I can use the Orbweaver to trigger off macros (but not on another keyboard on the same system? IIRC xbindkeys is system wide, and I need it to a specific device.

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04, but I'm doubtful that this is distro specific. As with my blackwidow question, I would be willing to test anything that makes sense on a Linux system if I have detailed instructions - however anyone can replicate this with a second keyboard, since thats what this is in effect.

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Yes, you should be able to accomplish this using xkbcomp. The ArchWiki has detailed instructions on how to set this up, including a section on multiple keyboards.

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I know this is a very old question, but there's a new app called KeyboardingMaster that runs through java and is cross platform, it supports a few keypads now recently including the Razer Orbweaver (Tartarus and Nostromo too)! It works perfectly in Ubuntu, I have now fully ditched Windows! It supports Keysets with dynamic switch much like what the Synapse driver offers, the one thing it can't do yet is interact with the device LEDs.

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